# 114-hr-4097: BRAIN Act

114-hr-4097, BRAIN Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4097
- Congress: 114
- Title: BRAIN Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Introduced: 2015-11-19
- Sponsor: MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Best Return on America's Investment Now Act or the BRAIN Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 10% of the worldwide employment-based immigration level available to qualified immigrants who: (1) hold a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education; and (2) have taken all doctoral courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States. The number of immigrant visas available to skilled workers, professionals, and other workers is reduced. The computation of the total number of immigrant visas that may be made available to natives of any single foreign state or dependent area in a fiscal year is revised. The permanent priority date for any employment-based petition shall be the date on which the petition is filed with Department of Homeland Security (or the Department of State, if applicable), unless such filing was preceded by the filing of a labor certification with the Department of Labor, in which case that date shall constitute the priority date. An alien who is the beneficiary of an employment-based petition that was approvable when filed shall retain that petition's priority date in the consideration of any subsequently filed employment-based petition.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act
- 114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act
- 114-hr-6226: PUSH Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6220: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6161: Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4097 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4097)

## Related
- [114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6423)
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
- [114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6340)
- [114-hr-6226: PUSH Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6226)
- [114-hr-6220: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6220)
- [114-hr-6161: Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6161)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4097 (as of 2025-11-18).