A bill to require employers seeking a permanent labor certification classification for the hiring of foreign workers to pay a fee of at least $10,000, and for other purposes.

Key claim: A bill (S5155) would require employers seeking permanent labor certification to hire foreign workers to pay a fee of at least $10,000.

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(S5155 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-28): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Why this matters

Permanent labor certification (PERM) is the gateway step for most employment-based green cards, so a $10,000 minimum employer fee would materially raise the cost of sponsoring foreign workers and could shift employer behavior toward domestic hiring or higher-wage roles where the fee is easier to absorb. The proposal fits a broader pattern of using fee structures rather than caps to modulate employment-based immigration flows.

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