Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Keeping American Jobs Act”.
Keeping American Jobs Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent the transfer of knowledge from United States workers for the purpose of facilitating their jobs being moved abroad.
Sec. 2 Preventing displacement of United States workers
Section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)((E)(ii)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: “An application is described in this clause if the Secretary of Labor determines that it was filed by an employer for the primary purpose of using one or more United States workers to train the H–1B nonimmigrants workers sought in the job duties and responsibilities of the United States workers in order to lay off the United States workers and move their job or jobs abroad.”.