Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050113047

Finally. in addition to providing American universities and other nonprofits with increased access to skilled personnel. the bill overturns the Hathaway decision by requiring the Department of Labor to differentiate between prevailing wage calculations for universities. charities. and other nonprofit organizations and those of forprofit entities. Is the current 65.000 cap on HlBs the magic number? Let me briefly review the history. Prior to the 1990 Act. there was no cap on HlB visas. which previously were called H1 visas. This bill does not eliminate the cap. but I point out the history to give some context to the discussion on this issue. The 65.000 number was chosen. essentially out of thin air. in the 1990 Act.
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visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SPENCER ABRAHAM
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
1998-03-05
Speech ID
1050113047
Paragraph
#3
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