To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for United States workers.

State tax nexus issue: S 1726 and HR 5726 Business Activity Tax Simplification ACt (BATSA)

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE

H.R.98: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes. H.R.138: To require an employer to take action after receiving official notice that an individual's Social Security account number does not match the individual's name, and for other purposes. H.R.332: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title. H.R. 5642: to increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal 2008 and 2009. H.R.5726:to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for U.S. workers H.R. 5882:to recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. H.R.5921:To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories. H.R. 6039: to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. S.330: A bill to authorize secure borders and comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. S.1639: to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. S.2653: A bill to further United States security by restoring and enhancing the competitiveness of the United States for international students, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors and by facilitating business travel to the United States. S.2710: to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to use an employer's failure to timely resolve discrepancies with the Social Security Administration after receiving a ''no match'' notice as evidence that the employer violated section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. S.2839:to provide emergency relief for U.S. businesses and industries currently employing temporary foreign workers and for other purposes. S.3084:to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and for other purposes.

Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R.98: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes. H.R.138: To require an employer to take action after receiving official notice that an individual's Social Security account number does not match the individual's name, and for other purposes. H.R.332: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title. H.R. 5642: to increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal 2008 and 2009. H.R.5726:to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for U.S. workers H.R. 5882:to recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. H.R.5921:To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories. H.R. 6039: to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. S.330: A bill to authorize secure borders and comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. S.1639: to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. S.2653: A bill to further United States security by restoring and enhancing the competitiveness of the United States for international students, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors and by facilitating business travel to the United States. S.2710: to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to use an employer's failure to timely resolve discrepancies with the Social Security Administration after receiving a ''no match'' notice as evidence that the employer violated section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. S.2839:to provide emergency relief for U.S. businesses and industries currently employing temporary foreign workers and for other purposes. S.3084:to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and for other purposes.

Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)