SKIL Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes.

4/10/2007--Introduced.
Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007 or the SKIL Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the annual H-1B (specialty occupation) visa cap an alien who has:
(1) earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university; or
(2) been awarded a medical specialty certification based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States. Increases the annual H-1B cap, with a 20% increase for the following year if the previous year's quota is reached. Exempts from worldwide immigration caps an alien who:
(1) has earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university;
(2) has been awarded medical specialty certification based on postdoctoral training and experience in the United States;
(3) will work in shortage occupations;
(4) has earned a master's degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, or math and has been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding his or her immigrant visa application;
(5) has extraordinary ability or received a national interest waiver; or
(6) is the spouse or minor child of an employment-based immigrant. Increases the annual immigrant visa cap. Revises student visa provisions. Authorizes an L-1 (intracompany transfer) visa extension beyond the fifth or seventh year if the individual has a immigrant application pending. Permits an alien with an approved labor certification to apply for permanent resident status adjustment if there is no visa immediately available by paying a $500 supplemental fee. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple employment petitions. Revises certain labor certification provisions. Prohibits immigration application approval until background and security checks have been completed and any fraud allegations have been resolved. Authorizes temporary workers (E, H, I, L O, or P visas) who have not violated their status to renew their same category visa from within the United States.


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Sponsor

• Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
  • Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
  • Sen. Trent Lott [R, MS]
  • Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1083

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 10, 2007

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• Apr 10, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Apr 10, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310-4311)
• Introduced on Apr 10, 2007.
• Apr 10, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310-4311)

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1930

Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Administrative fees
• Administrative remedies
• Alien labor
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• Aliens
• Budgets
• Criminal justice
• Department of Homeland Security
• Education
• Employee selection
• Engineering
• Engineers
• Executive departments
• Foreign students
• Foreign-trained physicians
• Fraud
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Graduate education
• Higher education
• Identification of criminals
• Immigrant education
• Immigrants
• Infrastructure
• Job training
• Labor
• Labor supply
• Law
• Mathematics
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Minimum wages
• Science policy
• Scientists
• Skilled labor
• Temporary employment
• Visas
• Wages

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September 18, 2007 More Amnesty

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1083: From NumbersUSA: The SKIL act provisions would increase the annual cap from 65000 to 115000 the first year, and by an additional 20 percent the next. There is a "ceiling" of 180000 per ...

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April 09, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1083: A bill to amend the Immigration ...

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] introduced S. 1083: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes. [This event matched these monitors: Sen. Cornyn ]

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