S.Amdt. 4530

SA 4530. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Daines) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department

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of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of
the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR
VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM.

(a) Compensation.--Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section
1116 of title 38, United States Code, are amended by
inserting ``(including its territorial seas)'' after ``served
in the Republic of Vietnam'' each place such phrase appears.
(b) Health Care.--Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is
amended by inserting ``(including its territorial seas)''
after ``served on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a)
and (b) shall take effect as if enacted on September 25,
1985.

SEC. 1098. TEMPORARY VISA FEE FOR EMPLOYERS WITH MORE THAN 50
PERCENT FOREIGN WORKFORCE.

(a) In General.--Section 411 of the Air Transportation
Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note),
as added by section 402(g) of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim
Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act (title IV of division O
of Public Law 114-113), is amended--
(1) by amending to section heading to read as follows:
``temporary visa fee for employers with more than 50 percent
foreign workforce''; and
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Temporary L Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding
section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1351) or any other provision of law, the filing fee required
to be submitted with a petition filed under section
101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)), except for an amended petition
without an extension of stay request, shall be increased by
$4,500 for petitioners that employ 50 or more employees in
the United States if more than 50 percent of the petitioner's
employees are nonimmigrants described in subparagraph
(H)(1)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act. This fee
shall also apply to petitioners described in this subsection
who file an individual petition on the basis of an approved
blanket petition.
``(b) Temporary H-1b Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding
section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1351) or any other provision of law, the filing fee required
to be submitted with a petition under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)), except for an amended petition
without an extension of stay request, shall be increased by
$4,000 for petitioners that employ 50 or more employees in
the United States if more than 50 percent of the petitioner's
employees are nonimmigrants described in subparagraph
(H)(1)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act.''.
(b) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by subsection
(a)--
(1) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) shall apply to any petition filed during the period
beginning on such effective date and ending on September 30,
2025.
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