article: SECTION 1. ENSURING THAT NUMERICAL LIMITATION COMPUTATION ACCURATELY REFLECTS NUMBER OF H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS EMPLOYED. (a) In General.--Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(8) Ensuring that numerical limitation computation accurately reflects number of h-1b nonimmigrants employed.-- ``(A) In general.--The Attorney General shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that all numerical limitations applicable to the issuance of visas, or the provision of nonimmigrant status, under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) are applied in a manner that-- ``(i) accurately reflects the actual number of aliens who commence employment in the United States as such a nonimmigrant in each fiscal year; and ``(ii) does not count against any such numerical limitation-- ``(I) any visa issued to an alien based on a petition filed by an employer that is not used by the alien as the basis for admission into the United States and commencement of employment with such employer within a reasonable period of time subsequent to its issuance any visa (including any visa in excess of one, in cases in which multiple visas are issued to a single alien based on petitions filed by multiple prospective employers and the alien accepts employment with only one of those employers); ``(II) any change of nonimmigrant classification or status authorized for an alien based on a petition filed by an employer that is not used by the alien to commence employment with such employer within a reasonable period of time subsequent to such authorization (including any authorization in excess of one, in cases in which multiple authorizations are provided to a single alien based on petitions filed by multiple prospective employers and the alien accepts employment with only one of those employers); and ``(III) any visa (or authorization to change nonimmigrant classification or status) in excess of one, in cases in which multiple visas (or authorizations) are issued to a single alien in order to permit employment with more than one employer in the United States during identical or concurrent periods of time. ``(B) Cancellation of concurrent visas upon entry into united states.--Pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that when an alien is admitted into the United States based on a visa according status as nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), any unused visa according such nonimmigrant status that has been issued to the alien is canceled for purposes of computing any numerical limitation applicable to the provision of nonimmigrant status under such section. ``(C) Use of visas and other authorizations within a reasonable period of time.--Pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall promulgate regulations establishing the precise durations of the periods of time described in clauses (I) and (II) of such subparagraph. The Attorney General shall by regulation provide for the cancellation of any visa or authorization described in such clauses that is not used by an alien to commence employment before the termination of the period of time determined by the Attorney General to be reasonable in the case of that visa or authorization. All such cancellations shall be taken into account in implementing subparagraph (A). ``(D) Coordination.--The heads of all other Federal agencies with regulatory authority with respect to aliens who may be provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) or employers who may petition under subsection (c) with respect to such aliens, including the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, shall coordinate and cooperate with the Attorney General in order to ensure that this paragraph is implemented as efficiently and effectively as possible.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 214(g)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(7)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to take specified steps to ensure that the numerical limitation computation of H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant aliens accurately reflects the number of such aliens employed under such status in each fiscal year.