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Introduced Session

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" to eliminate the masters or higher degree requirement and raise the annual salary threshold requirement from $60,000 to $100,000. (An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is a nonimmigrant H-1B [specialty occupation] worker meeting certain criteria whom an H-1B dependent employer may hire without having to satisfy certain otherwise applicable H-1B hiring criteria. An H-1B dependent employer is generally one whose H-1B workers comprise 15% or more of the employer's total workforce, with different thresholds applying to smaller employers.) The bill requires an inflation adjustment to the salary threshold every third fiscal year.

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Darrell Issa (R)*,  Mike Bishop (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Blake Farenthold (R),  Duncan Hunter (R),  Raúl Labrador (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Scott Peters (D),  Jared Polis (D),  Lamar Smith (R), 

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. (on 11/15/2017)

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