Protecting American Workers Through H–1B Modernization Act.

This bill changes the minimum yearly pay an H-1B worker must receive to count as an "exempt" H-1B worker under federal immigration law. Right now the law sets that minimum at $60,000 a year. The bill would replace that fixed amount with a minimum of twice the national average wage index, a figure calculated under the Social Security Act. The most recently calculated year of that index would be used.

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Sponsors

• Jon Husted Republican sponsor
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