HR 2717 115th Congress House Immigration Foreign labor Higher education Immigration status and procedures Science and engineering education Visas and passports

STAPLE Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 11, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

May 25, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

May 25, 2017

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2017 or the STAPLE Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from: (1) direct numerical limitations aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution of higher education and who have an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; and (2) H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations aliens who have a U.S. STEM Ph.D. and with respect to whom the petitioning employer requires such an education.

What's happening now July 11, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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