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.
USA115th CongressHR-7353| House
| Updated: 12/19/2018
Dina Titus
Democratic Representative
Nevada
Judiciary Committee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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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Introduced in House
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.
Immigration
Academic performance and assessmentsBank accounts, deposits, capitalEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary 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
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.
USA115th CongressHR-7353| House
| Updated: 12/19/2018
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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Introduced in House
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.
Dina Titus
Democratic Representative
Nevada
Judiciary Committee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Immigration
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsBank accounts, deposits, capitalEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary 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