EAGLE Act of 2022
1 agreed to
| Amendment | Sponsor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HAMDT 332 | — | Agreed to |
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Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 or the EAGLE Act of 2022
This bill modifies requirements related to employment-based visas and addresses related issues.
The bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15% and eliminates the per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas.
The bill establishes transition rules for employment-based visas such as (1) reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability) and EB-3 (skilled and other workers) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas, and (2) allotting a number of visas for professional nurses and physical therapists.
The bill imposes additional requirements on an employer seeking an H-1B visa, such as prohibiting (1) an employer from advertising that a position is only open to H-1B applicants or that H-1B applicants are preferred, and (2) certain employers from having more than half of their employees as nonimmigrant visa workers.
The Department of Labor shall create a publicly available website where an employer seeking an H-1B visa must post certain information about the open position.
The bill also expands Labor's authority to review and investigate H-1B applications for fraud or misrepresentations.
The bill also allows certain aliens to obtain lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) is in the United States as a nonimmigrant, (2) has an approved immigrant visa petition, and (3) has waited at least two years for a visa.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 3648 were postponed.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3648: EAGLE Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3648/
"H.R. 3648: EAGLE Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3648/.
H.R. 3648, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3648/.
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