,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjba,mr4 
,cawthorn 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1  
,mr4 ,steube1 ,ms4 ,herrell1 and ,mr4   
,weber of ,texas7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security to issue regulations
 with respect to the optional practical 
training program1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,responsible        
,practical ,training ,act of #bjba4  #b4
 ,optional practical training program   
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act and notwithstanding any other     

provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security shall issue such    
regulations as may be necessary to      
update part #bad4b7;f77#aj-ab7 of title 
#h1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 with
 respect to the optional practical      
training program 7or a successor        
program7 to-- 7#a7 limit such training  
program to six months and end any       
extension of such training program2 and 
7#b7 exclude aliens with a degree or    
working in military related or other    
sensitive fields from such training     
program4  7b7 ,wage study  7#a7 ,in     
general ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and annually thereafter1 the ,secretary 
of ,labor shall conduct a wage analysis 
on the optional practical training      
program and curricular practical        
training 7or successor programs71       
including-- 7,a7 information on the     
duties1 hours1 and compensation of an   
alien working under such programs2 and  
7,b7 a determination on the extent to   

which employment under such programs has
 or has not resulted in the payment of  
commensurate wages to the alien1        
appropriate for the type and location of
 such employment4  7#b7 ,publication    
,not later than one year after the first
 wage study under paragraph 7#a7 is     
conducted1 and annually thereafter1 the 
,secretary of ,labor shall publish the  
findings of the wage study on the       
internet website of the ,department of  
,labor4  7c7 ,applicability ,any        
regulation issued under subsection 7a7  
shall not apply to an alien employed by 
a legitimate employer under the optional
 practical training program that has    
been recorded in the ,student and       
,exchange ,visitor ,information ,system 
on the date on which such regulations   
are issued under the optional practical 
training program or an extension of such
 training program on the date on which  
such regulations are issued4  7d7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,military related or other sensitive    

fields the term military related or     
other sensitive fields includes nuclear 
engineering1 underseas warfare1 cyber   
warfare1 combat systems engineering1    
military applied sciences1 military     
information systems technology1         
strategic intelligence1 general         
intelligence1 signal and geospatial     
intelligence1 command and control       
systems and operations1 information     
operations or joint information         
operations1 information or psychological
 warfare and military media relations1  
cyber or electronic operations and      
warfare1 intelligence1 command control  
and information operations1 missile and 
space systems technology1 munitions     
systems or ordinance technology1 radar  
communications and systems technology1  
military systems and maintenance        
technology1 low-observables and stealth 
technology1 nanotechnology or any other 
field determined by the ,under          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security for   
,intelligence and ,analysis to be a     

military related or otherwise sensitive 
field4  7#b7 ,student and ,exchange     
,visitor ,information ,system ,the term 
,student and ,exchange ,visitor         
,information ,system means the system   
described in part #bad4b of title #h1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 and used
 by the ,student and ,exchange ,visitor 
,program 7,,sevp7 to track and monitor  
schools1 exchange visitor programs1 and 
,f1 ,m and ,j nonimmigrants while they  
visit the ,united ,states and           
participate in the ,united ,states      
education system4