S. 5638: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modernize the wage required for exempt H-1B workers, and for other purposes.

Protecting American Workers Through H-1B Modernization Act

This bill would modernize the salary required for an H-1B nonimmigrant alien to qualify as an exempt H-1B nonimmigrant, raising the existing $60,000 threshold to at least twice the national average wage index. By raising this wage floor, the legislation increases the compensation an H-1B-dependent employer or willful violator must pay an alien to bypass statutory recruitment and non-displacement attestations intended to protect American workers. 

However, it does not address the loophole for aliens with a master's degree or higher, which significantly limits its impact.