EAGLE Act of 2022
Latest action · Dec 14, 2022 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 3648 were postponed.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 or the EAGLE Act of 2022
This bill modifies requirements related to employment-based visas and addresses related issues.
The bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15% and eliminates the per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas.
The bill establishes transition rules for employment-based visas such as (1) reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability) and EB-3 (skilled and other workers) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas, and (2) allotting a number of visas for professional nurses and physical therapists.
The bill imposes additional requirements on an employer seeking an H-1B visa, such as prohibiting (1) an employer from advertising that a position is only open to H-1B applicants or that H-1B applicants are preferred, and (2) certain employers from having more than half of their employees as nonimmigrant visa workers.
The Department of Labor shall create a publicly available website where an employer seeking an H-1B visa must post certain information about the open position.
The bill also expands Labor's authority to review and investigate H-1B applications for fraud or misrepresentations.
The bill also allows certain aliens to obtain lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) is in the United States as a nonimmigrant, (2) has an approved immigrant visa petition, and (3) has waited at least two years for a visa.
Cosponsors 83
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 1, 2021 to May 16, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jun 21, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 2, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jul 2, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 27, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Oct 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | May 16, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2021Markup Apr 6, 2022Reported Jun 7, 2022 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9821)
- Dec 14, 2022POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 3648 were postponed.
- Dec 13, 2022Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1508. (consideration: CR H9708-9717; text: CR H9708-9711)
- Dec 13, 2022The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3648, under a structured rule and H.R. 7946, under a structured rule. The resolution waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the remainder of the 117th Congress.
- Dec 13, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3648.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9821 | — | Dec 14, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9708–H9717Text printed H9708–H9711Motions H9717 | Andy Biggs R-AZ, Chip Roy R-TX, Dan Bishop R-NC (motion), Judy Chu D-CA, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Tom McClintock R-CA, Zoe Lofgren D-CA | Dec 13, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8759–H8763Text printed H8759Recorded votes H8762Lists H8762Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1508, consideration of H.R. 3648, Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act | James P. McGovern D-MA, Michelle Fischbach R-MN | Dec 6, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8722 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Dec 2, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 5, 2022Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 7, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 95, June 1, 2021, page H2685.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47164 | U.S. Employment-Based Immigration Policy | Report | Nov 19, 2024 |
| R47528 | Immigration Options and Professional Requirements for Foreign Health Care Workers | Report | Apr 28, 2023 |
| R47061 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 117th Congress | Report | Oct 21, 2022 |
| R47159 | Temporary Professional Foreign Workers: Background, Trends, and Policy Issues | Report | Jun 9, 2022 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 332 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1508, the amendment in the nature of a substitute, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of House Report 117-590 is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- EAGLE Act of 2021
- Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- EAGLE Act of 2022
- Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Employee hiring
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Family relationships
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Marketing and advertising
- News media and reporting
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
- Wages and earnings
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2022Reported in House
- Jun 1, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
