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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 1177 (Introduced in House) — To provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern... · Sec. 3401

Sec. 3401. Doctoral STEM graduates from accredited United States universities

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Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1) ), as amended by section 3106, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Noncitizens who have earned a doctoral degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics from an accredited United States institution of higher education. . Section 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of section 201(b)(1)— the term field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics — means a field included in the Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy within the summary groups of computer and information sciences and support services, engineering, mathematics and statistics, physical sciences, and the summary group subsets of accounting and related services and taxation; and may include, at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, other fields not specifically referred to in subparagraph
(A)if the accredited United States institution of higher education verifies that the core curriculum for the specific field is primarily based in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; and the term accredited United States institution of higher education means an institution that— is described in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ); or is a proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1002(b) )); and is accredited by an accrediting body that is itself accredited by— the Department of Education; or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. .
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Sec. 3401
Doctoral STEM graduates from accredited United States universities
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