H.R. 2131 - The SKILLS Act
5/23/13
AILA Doc. No. 13071145.
Business Immigration, Congress, EB-5 Investors, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation
On 6/27/13, the House Judiciary Committee successfully voted the bill out of committee on a 20-14 vote (with all Democrats and Republican Steve King (IA) voting against the bill).
- Text of H.R. 2131 (as amended and sent to House floor)
- AILA Press Release: "AILA President: SKILLS Act Falls Short" June 26, 2013
- Statement from Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr (D-MI) regarding the House Judiciary Committee Markup of the SKILLS Act - June 27, 2013
On 5/23/13 Representative Issa (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced H.R. 2131, the "Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act."