According to the summary
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/document...* The bill would restore Congress’s original intent for the H-1B and L-1 visa programs.
* The bill requires employers to make a good faith effort to recruit and hire American workers before
bringing in foreign workers and prohibits employers from replacing American workers with H-1B
and L-1 workers or giving preference to H-1B visa holders when they are filling open positions. It
modifies existing H-1B wage requirements, and for the first time establishes wage requirements for
L-1 workers. This will prevent employers from using the H-1B and L-1 programs as sources of
cheap labor and encourage the hiring of qualified American workers.
* The bill prohibits employers from outsourcing H-1B and L-1 visa holders to other sites unless the employer obtains a waiver which is available only in limited circumstances when the rights of American workers are protected.
* The bill gives more authority to the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor to investigate
fraud and abuse in the H-1B and L-1 programs. It requires the two departments to audit employers
and share information so that visa petitions are more effectively scrutinized.
* The bill would crack down on outsourcing companies by prohibiting companies from hiring H-1B
employees if they employ more than 50 people and more than 50 percent of their employees are H1B and L-1 visa holders.
* The bill creates a new H-1B visa allocation system that gives top
priority to workers who have earned advanced science, technology, engineering or mathematics
(STEM) degrees from U.S. institutions.
* The bill increases penalties on those who violate the law, and provides visa holders with a list of
rights before they enter the U.S. so that they are better protected against mistreatment or
underpayment of wages.
* The bill would restore Congress’s original intent for the H-1B and L-1 visa programs.
* The bill requires employers to make a good faith effort to recruit and hire American workers before bringing in foreign workers and prohibits employers from replacing American workers with H-1B and L-1 workers or giving preference to H-1B visa holders when they are filling open positions. It modifies existing H-1B wage requirements, and for the first time establishes wage requirements for L-1 workers. This will prevent employers from using the H-1B and L-1 programs as sources of cheap labor and encourage the hiring of qualified American workers.
* The bill prohibits employers from outsourcing H-1B and L-1 visa holders to other sites unless the employer obtains a waiver which is available only in limited circumstances when the rights of American workers are protected.
* The bill gives more authority to the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor to investigate fraud and abuse in the H-1B and L-1 programs. It requires the two departments to audit employers and share information so that visa petitions are more effectively scrutinized.
* The bill would crack down on outsourcing companies by prohibiting companies from hiring H-1B employees if they employ more than 50 people and more than 50 percent of their employees are H1B and L-1 visa holders.
* The bill creates a new H-1B visa allocation system that gives top priority to workers who have earned advanced science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) degrees from U.S. institutions.
* The bill increases penalties on those who violate the law, and provides visa holders with a list of rights before they enter the U.S. so that they are better protected against mistreatment or underpayment of wages.