H.R. 3648: EAGLE Act of 2022
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H.R. 3648: EAGLE Act of 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-01 · Immigration · Latest: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 3648 were postponed.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 3648 were postponed. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
EAGLE Act of 2022
Plain summary
Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 or the EAGLE Act of 2022 This bill modifies requirements related to employment-based visas and addresses related issues. The bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15% and eliminates the per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas. The bill establishes transition rules for employment-based visas such as (1) reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability) and EB-3 (skilled and other workers) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas, and (2) allotting a number of visas for professional nurses and physical therapists. The bill imposes additional requirements on an employer seeking an H-1B visa, such as prohibiting (1) an employer from advertising that a position is only open to H-1B applicants or that H-1B applicants are preferred, and (2) certain employers from having more than half of their employees as nonimmigrant visa workers. The Department of Labor shall create a publicly available website where an employer seeking an H-1B visa must post certain information about the open position. The bill also expands Labor's authority to review and investigate H-1B applications for fraud or misrepresentations. The bill also allows certain aliens to obtain lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) is in the United States as a nonimmigrant, (2) has an approved immigrant visa petition, and (3) has waited at least two years for a visa.
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Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · 83 cosponsors
Cosponsors on this site
John R. Curtis (R-UT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), John B. Larson (D-CT), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Ami Bera (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and 23 more.
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3648.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr3648 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117