,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjbf,mrs4  
,foushee introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act to  
codify the ,optional ,practical         
,training program4  #a4 ,codify optional
 practical training program  7a7 ,course
 of study ,section #aja7;a77#ae77;,f77i7
 of the ,immigration and ,nationality   
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4                      
#aaja7;a77#ae77;,f77i77 is amended by   
inserting after course of study the     
second times it appears 1 including     
practical training and employment       
authorization described under section   
#bad7m77#c714  7b7 ,practical training  
and employment authorization ,section   
#bad7m7 of the ,immigration and         
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aahd7m77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7#c7  7,a7 ,with    
respect to an alien who obtains the     

status of a nonimmigrant under section  
#aja7;a77#ae77;,f77i71 a full course of 
study may include practical training and
 employment authorization for a period  
of up to #bd months if such employment  
is related to the field of study        
undertaken by the nonimmigrant4  7,b7   
,with respect to an alien who obtains   
the status of a nonimmigrant under      
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,f77i7 and is    
pursuing or has completed a full course 
of study in a science1 technology1      
engineering1 or mathematics field1 a    
full course of study may include        
practical training and employment       
authorization for a period of up to #dh 
months if such employment is related to 
the field of study undertaken by the    
nonimmigrant4  7,c7 ,the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security may establish terms 
and conditions necessary for the        
practical training and employment       
authorization period4  4  7c7 ,nursing  
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
shall take such actions as may be       

necessary to make nursing a science1    
technology1 engineering1 or mathematics 
field for the purpose of section        
#bad7m77#c77;,b7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aahd7m77#c77;,b774