Number: RL30498 Title: Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers Authors: Ruth Ellen Wasem, Domestic Social Policy Division Abstract: In the 110th Congress, the comprehensive immigration reform legislation (S. 1639) stalled in the Senate on June 28, 2007. S. 1639 would increase the annual cap to 115,000 (and potentially to 180,000 in future years). S. 1639 also draws on the labor market protections proposed in S. 1035, the H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007. Other H-1B bills include S. 1038/H.R. 1930, H.R. 1758, S. 31, S. 1397, S. 1092, S. 1351, H.R. 2538, and H.R. 3194. Pages: 27 Date: August 23, 2007