SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. (a) Short Title.—This title may be cited as the “American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this title is as follows: Sec. 401. Short title; table of contents; amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act. SUBTITLE A—PROVISIONS RELATING TO H–1B NONIMMIGRANTS Sec. 411. Temporary increase in access to temporary skilled personnel under H–1B program. Sec. 412. Protection against displacement of United States workers in case of H–1B-dependent employers. Sec. 413. Changes in enforcement and penalties. Sec. 414. Collection and use of H–1B nonimmigrant fees for scholarships for low-income math, engineering, and computer science students and job training of United States workers. Sec. 415. Computation of prevailing wage level. Sec. 416. Improving count of H–1B and H–2B nonimmigrants. Sec. 417. Report on older workers in the information technology field. Sec. 418. Report on high technology labor market needs; reports on economic impact of increase in H–1B nonimmigrants. SUBTITLE B—SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES Sec. 421. Special immigrant status for certain NATO civilian employees. SUBTITLE C—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION Sec. 431. Academic honoraria. (c) Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act.—Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, whenever in this title an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).112 STAT. 2681–642