Legislators Introduce Two Bills On Bill’s Will

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It appears that US Congress yielded to the might of the Redmond, Washington based software giant, Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates. Just a day after Gates appeared on Capitol Hill to press the Congress to increase the annual number of H-1B visas, two legislators introduced two bills to fulfill Bill’s will.

Sen. Lamar Smith, R-Texas introduced a bill that would increase the annual cap on H-1B visas to 195,000, while the Democrat Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona introduced another bill that would increase the cap to 130,000 in 2008, and increase it thereafter depending on demand.

The two bills have came after Gates addressed U.S. House of Representatives Democrat on the Science and Technology Committee to introduce a bill that would double the number of H-1B visas and remove other restrictions from 2008 onward.

Annually, the United States issues 65,000 H-1B visas, which permit foreigners with specialized skills to work in the United States for a certain amount of time. The number of H-1B visas issued annually was dropped in late 2003 from 195,000 to 65,000, because of the concern that foreign workers were taking American jobs.


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