Rep. Dwight Kay

Filed: 4/1/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4834

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4834 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the H-1B
5Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Employer" means an individual, partnership, association,
8corporation, business trust, governmental or
9quasi-governmental body, or any other person, group of persons,
10or entity that employs a person to work, labor, or exercise
11skill in connection with the operation of any business,
12industry, vocation, or occupation.
13    "H-1B visa" means a non-immigrant visa issued under Section
14101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
15U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)).
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to prevent
2fraud and abuse with respect to the use of H-1B visas.
 
3    Section 15. Prohibited practices.
4    (a) An employer may not place, outsource, lease, or
5otherwise contract the services of a holder of an H-1B visa
6with another employer unless the employer of the individual
7holding the H-1B visa has been granted a waiver by the
8Department of Labor.
9    (b) A waiver may be granted in the following circumstances:
10        (1) the employer with whom the individual holding the
11    H-1B visa would be placed has not displaced, and does not
12    intend to displace, a United States worker employed by that
13    employer within the period beginning 180 days before and
14    ending 180 days after date of placement of the individual
15    holding the H-1B visa with that employer;
16        (2) the individual holding the H-1B visa will not be
17    controlled and supervised principally by the employer with
18    whom that person is placed; and
19        (3) the placement of the individual holding the H-1B
20    visa is not essentially an arrangement to provide labor for
21    hire for the employer with whom the individual holding the
22    H-1B visa will be placed.
23    (c) The Department of Labor shall grant or deny a waiver
24under this Section not later than 7 days after the Department

 

 

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1receives the application for the waiver.".