Keeping American Jobs Act

Bill: 115-hr-1705
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-23
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Unemployment

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keeping American Jobs Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1705 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2017 Mr. Kilmer (for himself and Mr. Collins of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent the transfer of knowledge from United States workers for the purpose of facilitating their jobs being moved abroad.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping American Jobs Act . 2. Preventing displacement of United States workers Section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)(E)(ii) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: An application is described in this clause if the Secretary of Labor determines that it was filed by an employer for the primary purpose of using one or more United States workers to train the H–1B nonimmigrant workers sought in the job duties and responsibilities of the United States workers in order to lay off the United States workers and move their job or jobs abroad. .