--H.R.5362--
H.R.5362
One Hundred Sixth
Congress
of the
United States of
America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
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.
- 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. 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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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