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S 1635 108th Congress Senate

L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees.

Introduced: September 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 4, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 758.
Oct 4, 2004
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 30, 2004
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sep 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11686-11687)
Sep 17, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 4, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 758.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to L-1 visa (intracompany transferee) nonimmigrant aliens, to prohibit entry of an alien with specialized knowledge who will be stationed primarily at the worksite of an employer other than the petitioning employer or affiliate, parent, or subsidiary if: (1) the alien will be controlled and supervised principally by such unaffiliated employer; or (2) the alien's placement at the unaffiliated employer's worksite is essentially an arrangement to provide labor for such employer rather than the provision of a product or service for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is necessary.

Eliminates the six-month requirement of prior continuous overseas employment for blanket petitions (thus subjecting all L-1 aliens to a one-year requirement).

Directs the Department of Homeland Security to maintain L-1 statistics.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 30, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1635: L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1635/
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"S. 1635: L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1635/.
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S. 1635, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1635/.
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