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H.R. 7353 115th Congress House

Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the STEM Education and Training Account in order to enhance the economic competitiveness of the Unite… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the STEM Education and Training Account in order to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States by providing funding for STEM education and training, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 19, 2018 Introduced by: Dina Titus Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Immigration Academic performance and assessmentsBank accounts, deposits, capitalEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs funding
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Elementary and secondary educationFinancial literacyForeign laborGovernment trust fundsHigher educationIncome tax deferralMinority educationPerformance measurementPublic-private cooperationScience and engineering educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaTemporary and part-time employmentUser charges and feesVisas and passportsWomen's education
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Dec 19, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Dec 19, 2018
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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

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Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018

This bill imposes an additional fee on employers applying for or extending an H-1B visa, which are for temporary foreign workers in positions that require highly specialized knowledge. The collected funds shall go into the STEM Education and Training Account, to be used to strengthen U.S. education in science, technology, engineering, and math.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7353: Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7353/
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"H.R. 7353: Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7353/.
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H.R. 7353, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7353/.
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