[106th Congress Public Law 311]
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Public Law 106-311
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners 
    for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, and for other 
            purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 17, 2000 -  [H.R. 5362]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF FEES.

    Section 214(c)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(c)(9)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(excluding'' and all 
        that follows through ``2001)'' and inserting ``(excluding any 
        employer that is a primary or secondary education institution, 
        an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) 
        of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a), a 
        nonprofit entity related to or affiliated with any such 
        institution, a nonprofit entity which engages in established 
        curriculum-related clinical training of students registered at 
        any such institution, a nonprofit research organization, or a 
        governmental research organization) filing before October 1, 
        2003''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$500'' and inserting 
        ``$1,000''.

SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 8 USC 1184 note.>> EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1(2) shall apply only to petitions 
that are filed on or after the date that is 2 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

    Approved October 17, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5362:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
            Oct. 6, considered and passed House.
            Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000):
            Oct. 17, Presidential statement.

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