United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1705 (115th)
Keeping American Jobs Act
Introduced
23 March 2017
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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Summary
Keeping American Jobs Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of an H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant worker if the Department of Labor determines that the H-1B application was filed by the prospective employer for the primary purpose of using one or more U.S. workers to train the H-1B worker in the job duties and responsibilities of the U.S. workers in order to lay off the U.S. workers and move their job or jobs abroad, unless the application states that the employer did not and will not displace a U.S. worker within the period beginning 90 days before and ending 90 days after the date of filing of any visa petition supported by the application.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 March 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 March 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 March 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1705
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1705