American Innovation and Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3146
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
American Innovation and Education Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a priority worker immigrant visa for an alien who has a qualifying: (1) master's or higher degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. institution of higher education; and (2) employment offer from a U.S. employer. 
 
 Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. 
 
Revises per country (and dependent) area limits to: (1) eliminate employment-based limits, and (2) increase family-based limits.
 
Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the STEM Education and Training Account. Sets aside specified Account funds for: (1) a STEM scholarship program for low-income U.S. students enrolled in degree programs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) a grant program to improve K-12 education, including through private-public partnerships; and (3) programs for STEM capacity building at minority-serving institutions of higher education.
 
Revises labor certification provisions, including: (1) requiring the Department of Labor to adjudicate an application within 120 days, and (2) creating an Established U.S. Recruiter designation for recruiters who regularly recruit U.S. workers. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Labor Certification Application Fee Account.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple petitions for employment-based immigrants or for certain nonimmigrant workers.
 
Makes the discretionary fee for employment-based petitions and applications mandatory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House