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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (158923)	7/31/2003 2:00:01 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Sorry, can't help you out with that one.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (158923)	7/31/2003 10:50:07 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Politics: Lawmakers Jump Into The IT-Jobs Debate Tue Jul 29, 3:47 PM ET A disgruntled technology staff might not be enough to keep a company from sending IT work offshore, but changes in U.S. laws could alter those plans. One change, proposed by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., might force companies to think differently about training overseas workers. DeLauro's bill calls for tighter restrictions on L-1 visas, which are often used by companies to bring in overseas workers on a temporary basis. In some cases, companies have U.S. employees or contractors train their replacements, who come here on L-1 visas. DeLauro's bill calls for a cap of 35,000 on L-1s, which currently have no cap. It also adds a prevailing-wage requirement and prohibits L-1 use by companies that have laid off U.S. employees within the preceding six months and for six months after the application is filed. "We want to stop the abuse of the L-1 visa program as a way to replace American jobs with foreign workers," DeLauro says. story.news.yahoo.com