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HR 4609 114th Congress House

Keeping American Jobs Act

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent the transfer of knowledge from United States workers for the purpose of facilitating their jobs being moved abroad.

Introduced: February 24, 2016 See on congress.gov
Immigration Foreign laborUnemploymentVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Feb 24, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 24, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 29, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping American Jobs Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of an H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant worker if the Department of Labor determines that the H-1B application was filed by the prospective employer for the primary purpose of using one or more U.S. workers to train the H-1B worker in the job duties and responsibilities of the U.S. workers in order to lay off the U.S. workers and move their job or jobs abroad, unless the application states that the employer did not and will not displace a U.S. worker within the period beginning 90 days before and ending 90 days after the date of filing of any visa petition supported by the application.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Mar 21, 2016
Collins, Doug
· Feb 24, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4609: Keeping American Jobs Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4609/
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"H.R. 4609: Keeping American Jobs Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4609/.
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