Helped House Judiciary Committee craft limited H-1B bill with
protections for American workers in 1998
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ was a member of the House Judiciary Committee of the 105th Congress. ZZgender1CZZ supported the committees careful hearings on H.R.3736, examining the H-1B temporary foreign worker program and the need for such high-tech workers. The broad bi-partisan consensus of the committee was that there was no conclusive evidence of a worker shortage. But to ensure that high-tech U.S. firms would not get into a bind, the committee voted for a compromise. It allowed a three-year increase in visas for companies that certified (1) they were not laying off Americans to make room for the foreign workers and (2) they had first tried to find an American to do the job.
Action Type:
Chamber:
Committee:
