# 114-hr-5801: Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

114-hr-5801, Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5801
- Congress: 114
- Title: Protect and Grow American Jobs Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Introduced: 2016-07-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" to eliminate the masters or higher degree requirement and raise the annual salary threshold requirement from $60,000 to $100,000. (An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is a nonimmigrant H-1B [specialty occupation] worker meeting certain criteria whom an H-1B dependent employer may hire without having to satisfy certain otherwise applicable H-1B hiring criteria. An H-1B dependent employer is generally one whose H-1B workers comprise 15% or more of the employer's total workforce, with different thresholds applying to smaller employers.) The bill requires an inflation adjustment to the salary threshold every third fiscal year.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- LAMAR SMITH (R-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] (R-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2016-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2016-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5801 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5801)

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- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-2903: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2903)
- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
- [114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2726)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5801 (as of 2025-11-18).