HR4358-118

Introduced

To provide lawful permanent resident status and authorized dual intent for certain doctoral degree holders.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 23, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide lawful permanent resident status and authorized dual intent for certain doctoral degree holders., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Education, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H49C0656BA57349CCA15912F64F8620DB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Putting Highest Degrees First Act of 2023 or the PHDs First Act.
  • Section H65226479CEFA485782C899E26E57D283: 2. Exemption from numerical limitations on permanent residents for certain doctoral degree holders Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide lawful permanent resident status and authorized dual intent for certain doctoral degree holders., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Education, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide lawful permanent resident status and authorized dual intent for certain doctoral degree holders., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Education Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 23, 2023

Mr. Thanedar (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Education Labor
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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