Well. maybe we ought to pay attention to American workers and American families first. How will this program be paid for? Under current law. companies applying for HlB3 visas pay a S1.500 fee. That fee is split up in a number of ways. with some of it going to scholarships and retraining programs. Unfortunately. it is too small to effectively create a scholarship program of the scale needed to address the claimed shortage in math. science. and technology specialists. This amendment imposes an $8.500 surcharge on those companies seeking HlB visas. This fee would only apply to those who are required to pay the current $1.500 fee. Therefore. universities and schools would be exempt. as they are under current law.