Defend the American Dream Act of 2007

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program.

5/24/2007--Introduced.
Defend the American Dream Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require employers of H-1B (specialty occupations) nonimmigrants to use one of three specified methods (whichever results in the highest wages) to determine wages for purposes of more... required wage attestations. Requires such employers who previously employed one or more H-1B nonimmigrants to submit with their labor condition application (LCA) a copy of the W-2 Wage and Tax Statement filed with respect to those nonimmigrants. Extends to 180 days the period during which certain H-1B employers must show nondisplacement of U.S. workers. Requires such employers to actively engage in recruitment efforts. Prohibits such employers from outsourcing or otherwise contracting for the placement of an H-1B nonimmigrant with another employer, regardless of whether the other employer is H-1B dependent employer. Revises H-1B employer requirements with respect to:
(1) job advertising on a free Department of Labor website (as required under this Act);
(2) information sharing;
(3) prohibiting H-1B-exclusive employment advertising; and
(4) prohibiting an employer of not less than 50 employees in the United States from having more than 50% H-1B nonimmigrant employees. Eliminates the exemption from H-1B numerical admission limitations for certain aliens with a US master's or higher degree.
Revises the H-1B definition of "specialty occupation."
Requires the Secretary of Labor to be responsible for investigations of wage complaints and allegations of fraud in the filing of LCAs. Increases monetary penalties for LCA violations.
Applies the nondisplacement requirement to all H-1B employers.
Provides H-1B alien whistleblower protections.

Sponsor

• Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]
  close

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Judiciary
  close

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2538

Number	Status	Purpose

---

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget (What's this?)(Close help)

OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 24, 2007

Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Advertising
• Alien labor
• 28 more
• Aliens
• Business
• Civil rights
• Communications
• Disciplining of employees
• Discrimination in employment
• Dismissal of employees
• Electronic government information
• Employee rights
• Employers' liability
• Fines (Penalties)
• Fraud
• Government information
• Governmental investigations
• Income tax
• Law
• Personnel records
• Recruiting of employees
• Skilled labor
• Small business
• Tax returns
• Taxation
• Telecommunication
• Transfer of employees
• Visas
• Wages
• Web sites
• Whistle blowing

In the News

We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.

Blog Coverage

May 23, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: HR 2538: To amend the Immigration and ...

William Pascrell [D-NJ] introduced HR 2538: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program. [This event matched these monitors: ...

Source: Introduced Legislation -- Monitored by GovTrack.us
Was this article useful? Yes or No

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

May 23, 2007 HR 2538, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide ...

HR 2538 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program....

Source: WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc...
Was this article useful? Yes or No

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See highest rated blog posts

Information made available by: