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HR 4179 117th Congress House

Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with other agencies, to conduct a study on the factors affecting the employment opportunities in the United S… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with other agencies, to conduct a study on the factors affecting the employment opportunities in the United States of immigrants and refugees who have professional credentials obtained in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 23, 2021 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Jun 25, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 25, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Labor to study and report on the factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in other counties, including policy recommendations for assisting those individuals in obtaining skill-appropriate employment in the United States.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 2
Rice, Kathleen
· Dec 20, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Sep 14, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 23, 2021
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jun 29, 2021
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Jun 25, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Jun 25, 2021
 R
Kim, Young
California · Jun 25, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4179: Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4179/
MLA
"H.R. 4179: Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4179/.
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H.R. 4179, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4179/.
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[H.R. 4179: Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4179/)
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