[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 87 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2448-S2452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5449. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCEPTION TO NON-PROCESSING RELATED FEE FOR H-1B 
                   NONIMMIGRANTS WHO WILL BE PUBLIC SCHOOL 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       In addition to the exceptions set forth in section 1(c) of 
     the Presidential Proclamation

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     10973 (90 Fed. Reg. 46027; relating to restriction on entry 
     of certain nonimmigrant workers), which was issued on 
     September 19, 2025, petitions filed on behalf of aliens 
     entering the United States as nonimmigrants to perform 
     services in a specialty occupation described in section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) and who will be working for a 
     public school or a public school district in the United 
     States shall not be required to be accompanied or 
     supplemented by the payment of $100,000 otherwise required 
     under section 1(a) of such Proclamation.
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