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HR 6794 115th Congress House

Immigration Innovation Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 13, 2018 See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative remediesCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightEducation programs funding
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Elementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsFamily relationshipsForeign laborGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHigher educationImmigration status and proceduresScience and engineering educationTeaching, teachers, curriculaUser charges and feesVisas and passportsVocational and technical educationWages and earnings
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It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 13, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 13, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 13, 2018

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Immigration Innovation Act of 2018

This bill makes various changes related to employment-based visas, including by (1) providing statutory authority for extending employment authorization to the alien spouse of an H-1B visa holder, subject to prevailing wage-level requirements; (2) allowing an H-1B visa holder, under certain circumstances, to change jobs without amending the H-1B petition; and (3) increasing the issuance of employment-based visas based on the number of visas that went unissued in previous years.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2344 Related bill Immigration Innovation Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 13, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6794: Immigration Innovation Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6794/
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"H.R. 6794: Immigration Innovation Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6794/.
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H.R. 6794, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6794/.
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[H.R. 6794: Immigration Innovation Act of 2018](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6794/)
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