H.R. 170, called the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, would raise the minimum salary for
exempt nonimmigrant H - 1B workers from $ 60,000 to $ 100,000.
The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act «to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be
exempted from the numerical limitations on H - 1B
nonimmigrants» (H.R. 1791).