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The text of the bill presented in the previous session of congress may be found here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5801/text https://
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The text of the bill presented in the previous session of congress may be found here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5801/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5801...
The actual text of the bill only effects employers whose workforce is at least 15% H-1Bs (higher thresholds exist for employers with 50 or less employees).
The Attorney General can prevent an employer from petitioning for any alien (H-1B, L-1, nonimmigrant, immigrant, etc.) for a period of 1, 2 or 3 years (depending on willfulness and similar criteria) if it is found that a non-exempt H-1B displaced an American worker.
The current definition of exempt H-1B is: $60k salary OR a Masters degree.
The new definition of exempt H-1B will be: $100k salary.
The relevant statutes are here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title:8%20section:1182%20edition:prelim%29 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title:8%20section:...
The bill modifies (n)(3)(B).
The 15% and other thresholds are in (n)(3)(A).
The sanctions the Attorney General may impose are described in (n)(2)(E). Random inspections by the Secretary of Labor are described in (n)(2)(F).
The 1-3 years are defined in (n)(2)(C)(i)(III), (n)(2)(C)(ii)(II), and (n)(2)(C)(iii)(II) which (n)(2)(E) refers to.