To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.

January 4, 2005

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM FILING FEES FOR SCHOOLS.

(a) In General- Section 214(c)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(9)(A)) is amended by inserting `an employer that is a public or private elementary or secondary school and' after `(excluding'.

(b) Applicability- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to petitions filed under section 214(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on or after such date and before October 1, 2001.

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