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Proposed $103,265 H-1B Surcharge

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Proposed ruleComments due September 24
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proposes a $103,265 surcharge on each petition, on top of existing fees. U.S. advanced-degree cases and F-1 changes of status are included; petitions are excluded.

Who is affected
applicants and sponsors, including U.S. advanced-degree cases and F-1 changes of status.
Key boundaries
petitions are outside the proposed surcharge.
Next to watch
2026-09-24 · The public comment period closes, providing the clearest current opportunity to participate.

Policy background

00 / BACKGROUND

1615-AD20 was published on August 25, 2026, with comments due September 24. A September 10 correction replaced the historical receipt figures in Table 13; it did not change the proposed amount, scope or comment deadline.

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Potential impact

01 / IMPACT
OUR TAKE · ANALYSIS

An employer’s sponsorship budget could become a barrier before selection does.

If adopted, the proposed surcharge would push the one-time sponsorship investment much higher. For new graduates moving from OPT to H-1B, employers may reassess the cost when deciding whether to support a petition, rather than waiting for the selection result.

For graduates: an offer may not include a sponsorship commitment

A company willing to employ a student during OPT may not be willing to bear a much higher later H-1B cost. If the fee takes effect, retention decisions may happen sooner.

Example 1 · Hypothetical

When Chen started on OPT, HR promised future H-1B sponsorship. If the proposal takes effect and the petition is cap-subject, filing it would require another $103,265 on top of existing fees. HR’s earlier promise may not have included that new charge, so the company would need fresh budget approval before it could follow through.

Example 2 · Hypothetical

Lin’s manager wants to retain her after a successful year on OPT. If the upcoming H-1B petition requires the $103,265 surcharge, the manager would need company approval for that expense. Finance could refuse the extra budget and the company might not file, even though the manager values Lin’s work.

For employers: budgets may concentrate on critical roles

If each covered petition carries the added cost, hiring budgets may shift toward hard-to-replace roles with clear business returns. Smaller businesses may have less room to adjust.

For example · Hypothetical

A small company plans three petitions. At the proposed rate, the additional fees alone would total $309,795, before existing costs. If the company can fund only one petition, it may reduce the number of employees it sponsors rather than proceed with all three.

For pathways: roles may become relatively more attractive

The proposal excludes petitions. Those roles may draw more interest, though limited openings, individual fit, and a separate classification reform would still constrain this path.

For example · Hypothetical

Li receives offers from a company and a university lab. Suppose the company’s petition is cap-subject and the university’s qualifies as . The current proposal would charge the additional fee on the former but exclude the latter. Similar salaries could therefore come with different sponsorship costs and affect the employers’ willingness to file.

Outlook

02 / OUTLOOK

Our outlook: debate will focus on the fee level, legal authority, and employers’ ability to absorb it. Labor-market effects may first appear in sponsorship willingness and budget decisions before they show up in petition volume.

What happens in each case?

Choose a situation below to see its possible effects. These are alternatives, not steps or predictions of likelihood.

IF THIS HAPPENS A · Finalized as proposed

Employer sponsorship concentrates on high-value roles

Assumption: The $103,265 surcharge remains and covers the cap-subject petitions identified in the proposal.

Potential effects in this scenario
New graduates and employers with limited budgets may be hit harder. Some employers may reduce the number of roles eligible for sponsorship before petitions are filed.
Signals to watch
The final fee, coverage definition, effective date, and employer sponsorship policies for the next hiring cycle.

These scenarios are our analysis, not probability rankings. We revise them as evidence changes.

Which boundaries could change this analysis?
Covered petitions
The proposal covers cap-subject petitions, including the U.S. advanced-degree allocation; a change of status is not excluded simply because the worker is in the United States.
Excluded petitions
petitions fall outside the proposed surcharge.
Relationship to other fees
This is a proposed surcharge on top of existing fees; its scope turns on whether the petition is cap-subject.

Progress

03 / Federal rulemaking

The is public and the comment period is open. must review the comments before it can issue a final rule.

Currently waiting for

The September 24 comment deadline, followed by review of comments.

In progress · Public comment

The public submits comments and the agency reviews them. Closing comments does not make the rule effective.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Distribution of views

200 sampled comments

Published comments: 8,342 · Sampled 09/12/2026, 09:08 ET

Comments open · Due 2026-09-24 ET

Policy direction

Classified by policy direction: support includes endorsing the proposal, clearly negative views of the relevant foreign-worker or visa program, and calls for tighter restrictions. Opposition includes rejecting restrictions, defending migrants or work authorization, and preserving or expanding access. Explicit views on the proposal’s exact provisions are not required.

Oppose tightening110 / 200 · 55%
Support tightening83 / 200 · 41.5%
Conditional / mixed direction1 / 200 · 0.5%
Unclear / unclassifiable direction6 / 200 · 3%

Themes discussed

Supporters and opponents may discuss the same theme. A comment can have multiple labels; percentages use the selected group’s comment count, so totals may exceed 100%.

All: 200 comments · Percentages within this group

U.S. jobs and wages100 / 200 · 50%
Fee burden and employer access77 / 200 · 38.5%
Talent, innovation and offshoring76 / 200 · 38%
Authority, cost allocation and revenue67 / 200 · 33.5%
Fraud prevention and labor enforcement48 / 200 · 24%
Higher fees or tighter visa limits47 / 200 · 23.5%
U.S.-educated students and prior investment47 / 200 · 23.5%
Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives37 / 200 · 18.5%
Sampling method & all 200 records

A fixed random seed selected 200 unique comment IDs from the complete listing of 8342 published records. Sampled 09/12/2026, 09:08 ET. This site's AI classified each body into one position and zero or more themes; these are not official labels. Similar submissions with distinct IDs remain separate records.

Each full body is reviewed for its relevant policy direction, rather than classified by isolated words such as support or oppose. Demands for higher fees, tighter restrictions or visa abolition count as support for tightening; preserving or expanding work and residence opportunities counts as opposition. Scope-dependent combinations of tightening and easing, or explicit substantive conditions of support, remain conditional / mixed. Opposing the removal of protections while accepting shorter protections only as a fallback remains opposition. General anti-fraud language does not override an overall defense of lawful work access. Unrelated content, pure questions, indeterminate views and unreadable records remain unclear. Labels rely on the text, not names or identities. Unavailable attachments are disclosed and only readable bodies are assessed. No sample is replaced because of its viewpoint or readability.

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U.S. jobs and wages
Discusses displacement, wage pressure, hiring priority or training of U.S. workers.
Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
Raises or addresses fraud, program abuse, recruitment discrimination, wage enforcement or verification.
Higher fees or tighter visa limits
Seeks a higher fee, broader coverage, recurring charges or further visa restrictions or abolition.
Fee burden and employer access
Expresses concern about fees or existing processing costs, affordability or unequal access based on ability to pay.
Talent, innovation and offshoring
Warns of losing skilled talent, entrepreneurship, innovation, investment or related jobs because of the fee.
Authority, cost allocation and revenue
Discusses the legal route, interagency cost allocation, public finances or fee and revenue estimates.
Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
Proposes fees or exemptions based on size, wages, hiring model or compliance risk, or targeted enforcement instead of a uniform fee.
U.S.-educated students and prior investment
Mentions current U.S. study, U.S.-educated graduates, educational investment or the transition from study to work.

All: 200 comments

  1. USCIS-2026-0298-4278 ↗Support tightening · Demands American hiring priority and opposes expanding or continuing H-1B hiring that displaces domestic workers.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  2. USCIS-2026-0298-1494 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes using a large petition fee to subsidize the broader immigration system.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access
  3. USCIS-2026-0298-6784 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues stacked fees would stop compliant hiring and encourage offshoring.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  4. USCIS-2026-0298-8276 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee as a talent filter and protection for domestic jobs.U.S. jobs and wages
  5. USCIS-2026-0298-7224 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the fee would harm small firms, international study and the U.S. economy.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  6. USCIS-2026-0298-3934 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over legal authority, revenue assumptions and small-business impacts.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  7. USCIS-2026-0298-7957 ↗Support tightening · Supports changing hiring incentives to reduce replacement of American workers.U.S. jobs and wages
  8. USCIS-2026-0298-1393 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the disproportionate fee over legal authority and small-employer burdens.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access
  9. USCIS-2026-0298-5632 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the high fee sends valuable talent to other countries.Talent, innovation and offshoring
  10. USCIS-2026-0298-7221 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or reduction and targeted enforcement against fraud.Fee burden and employer access · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  11. USCIS-2026-0298-3552 ↗Support tightening · Criticizes H-1B hiring for suppressing U.S. wages and displacing domestic applicants.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  12. USCIS-2026-0298-6797 ↗Support tightening · Demands an immediate pause and comprehensive audits of employment visas and green-card petitions, or termination of the visa programs.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  13. USCIS-2026-0298-3027 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes additional charges and warns of medical staffing shortages.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  14. USCIS-2026-0298-3205 ↗Support tightening · Calls for implementation and coverage of all H-1Bs.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  15. USCIS-2026-0298-4193 ↗Support tightening · Calls for applying the fee to renewals and cracking down on consultancies.Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  16. USCIS-2026-0298-3100 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over authority and harms to businesses and graduates.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  17. USCIS-2026-0298-4481 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the fee would offshore jobs instead of protecting employment.Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · U.S. jobs and wages
  18. USCIS-2026-0298-3829 ↗Oppose tightening · Calls for eliminating the fee to attract skilled immigrants.Talent, innovation and offshoring
  19. USCIS-2026-0298-6687 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the fee would move talent, investment and American jobs abroad.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Fee burden and employer access
  20. USCIS-2026-0298-0697 ↗Support tightening · Calls the fee a good start and also seeks abolition of H-1B.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  21. USCIS-2026-0298-2876 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the increase over manufacturing investment and skilled-talent impacts.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages
  22. USCIS-2026-0298-6110 ↗Support tightening · Alleges H-1B payroll and employment fraud, opposes leniency and demands stronger oversight.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  23. USCIS-2026-0298-2551 ↗Oppose tightening · Finds the fee excessive and harmful to small-firm talent recruitment.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  24. USCIS-2026-0298-0890 ↗Support tightening · Endorses the fee as a start and seeks further labor restrictions and community grants.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  25. USCIS-2026-0298-0836 ↗Support tightening · Requests a replacement fee of $500,000–$1 million to cover social costs.Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S. jobs and wages
  26. USCIS-2026-0298-4183 ↗Oppose tightening · Calls the charge excessive and punitive toward employers needing workers.Fee burden and employer access
  27. USCIS-2026-0298-4987 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or revision over authority, revenue forecasts and innovation harms.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  28. USCIS-2026-0298-5909 ↗Support tightening · Supports the policy as a way to reduce visa fraud.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  29. USCIS-2026-0298-2277 ↗Support tightening · Supports protecting domestic jobs and funding immigration agencies.U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  30. USCIS-2026-0298-7905 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to change incentives favoring cheaper foreign labor.U.S. jobs and wages
  31. USCIS-2026-0298-5133 ↗Support tightening · Sees the fee as correcting abuse and protecting American workers.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  32. USCIS-2026-0298-2254 ↗Support tightening · Explicitly supports the policy while wishing for a $1 million fee.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  33. USCIS-2026-0298-4963 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and proposes graduate exemptions and size-based fees.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  34. USCIS-2026-0298-6773 ↗Support tightening · Endorses the fee and seeks broader visa coverage and restrictions.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  35. USCIS-2026-0298-2817 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee and increases to protect American jobseekers.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  36. USCIS-2026-0298-7407 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to encourage domestic recruitment.U.S. jobs and wages
  37. USCIS-2026-0298-7809 ↗Support tightening · Calls for ending H-1B visas and hiring Americans instead.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  38. USCIS-2026-0298-1410 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · No comment body is available to determine a position.No comment body was available and no attachments were listed, so stance cannot be determined.
  39. USCIS-2026-0298-3001 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns higher fees undermine global-talent advantages and favors enforcement against abuse.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  40. USCIS-2026-0298-6592 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee and stresses healthcare and technology staffing needs.Talent, innovation and offshoring
  41. USCIS-2026-0298-0747 ↗Support tightening · Supports the proposal and higher fees to prioritize American hiring.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  42. USCIS-2026-0298-4941 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the flat high fee and favors targeted enforcement and proportionate fees.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  43. USCIS-2026-0298-0415 ↗Support tightening · Requests a replacement fee of $1,766,000.Higher fees or tighter visa limits · U.S. jobs and wages
  44. USCIS-2026-0298-2712 ↗Oppose tightening · Criticizes the policy for targeting vulnerable foreign workers.U.S. jobs and wages
  45. USCIS-2026-0298-4561 ↗Oppose tightening · Challenges job-substitution assumptions and warns of reduced U.S. economic activity.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  46. USCIS-2026-0298-6944 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee and seeks elimination of related work permissions and offshoring limits.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  47. USCIS-2026-0298-4829 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over cost assumptions and proposes graduate exemptions and alternative revenue.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limitsOfficial attachment downloads returned HTTP403. Classification uses readable body text only; insufficient bodies remain unclassifiable.
  48. USCIS-2026-0298-3995 ↗Support tightening · Requests million-dollar tiered fees based on wage and fiscal losses.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  49. USCIS-2026-0298-4236 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee incentivizes offshoring and harms the American labor market.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  50. USCIS-2026-0298-6131 ↗Support tightening · Supports an additional fee for new and renewal petitions.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  51. USCIS-2026-0298-4891 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee for lacking evidence on employer exit and petition volumes.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer accessOfficial attachment downloads returned HTTP403. Classification uses readable body text only; insufficient bodies remain unclassifiable.
  52. USCIS-2026-0298-5583 ↗Support tightening · Demands ending H-1B and sending workers home, arguing that domestic workers are displaced.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  53. USCIS-2026-0298-3635 ↗Oppose tightening · Explicitly opposes excessive fees.Fee burden and employer access
  54. USCIS-2026-0298-2910 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal of disproportionate fees and fairer costs for small employers.Fee burden and employer access · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  55. USCIS-2026-0298-1117 ↗Support tightening · Supports higher fees to protect American employment and wages.U.S. jobs and wages
  56. USCIS-2026-0298-3085 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee over offshoring, loss of U.S.-trained talent and legal authority.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access
  57. USCIS-2026-0298-6929 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee and proposes workforce-based sponsorship limits to protect graduates.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  58. USCIS-2026-0298-4031 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal, challenging interagency charges on H-1B employers.Authority, cost allocation and revenueOfficial attachment downloads returned HTTP403. Classification uses readable body text only; insufficient bodies remain unclassifiable.
  59. USCIS-2026-0298-6142 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks full withdrawal over cost authority and harms to employers and graduates.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  60. USCIS-2026-0298-5983 ↗Support tightening · Supports the proposal while seeking eventual H-1B abolition.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  61. USCIS-2026-0298-4233 ↗Oppose tightening · Rejects higher legal-immigration costs as a response to complex employment problems.U.S. jobs and wages · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  62. USCIS-2026-0298-3515 ↗Oppose tightening · Finds the cost too high for employer participation.Fee burden and employer access
  63. USCIS-2026-0298-0902 ↗Support tightening · Argues H-1B hiring and accompanying family migration harm domestic employment and communities, and demands an end.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  64. USCIS-2026-0298-1331 ↗Support tightening · Calls for American hiring priority and stronger checks on H-1B educational credentials.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  65. USCIS-2026-0298-0309 ↗Support tightening · Endorses the fee as a first step and criticizes wage suppression and job competition.U.S. jobs and wages
  66. USCIS-2026-0298-6241 ↗Support tightening · Explicitly supports the fee and calls for ending the program.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  67. USCIS-2026-0298-2090 ↗Support tightening · Endorses the measure to protect American jobseekers and address false credentials.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  68. USCIS-2026-0298-0776 ↗Oppose tightening · Challenges the connection between interagency charges and lawful service fees.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  69. USCIS-2026-0298-2024 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the six-figure barrier harming small employers and international graduates.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  70. USCIS-2026-0298-7455 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to encourage domestic hiring.U.S. jobs and wages
  71. USCIS-2026-0298-5893 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the rule would reduce international enrollment and cause outsourcing and U.S. layoffs.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  72. USCIS-2026-0298-6616 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes harms to research employers and U.S.-trained STEM talent.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access
  73. USCIS-2026-0298-3574 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and alternatives including wage enforcement and size-based fees.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages
  74. USCIS-2026-0298-7659 ↗Support tightening · Explicitly supports establishing the H-1B fee.
  75. USCIS-2026-0298-8320 ↗Support tightening · Urges support for the president’s policy direction of protecting American workers.U.S. jobs and wages
  76. USCIS-2026-0298-7737 ↗Support tightening · Criticizes H-1B for lowering U.S. wages, displacing jobs and shifting gains to employers.U.S. jobs and wages
  77. USCIS-2026-0298-2625 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over harms to startups and medical talent recruitment.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  78. USCIS-2026-0298-7075 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks reconsideration over barriers to worker mobility and contract employment.Fee burden and employer access
  79. USCIS-2026-0298-1740 ↗Support tightening · Criticizes H-1B fraud and wage suppression and supports ending or replacing the current system.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  80. USCIS-2026-0298-5509 ↗Support tightening · Expresses full support.
  81. USCIS-2026-0298-7535 ↗Support tightening · Demands abolishing H-1B, arguing employers replace Americans with cheaper foreign labor.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  82. USCIS-2026-0298-0705 ↗Support tightening · Rejects higher fees as insufficient and demands abolishing H-1B and associated spousal visas.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  83. USCIS-2026-0298-6383 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes concentrated system costs and favors proportional fees and appropriations.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  84. USCIS-2026-0298-6553 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks full withdrawal over employer costs, offshoring and legal authority.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S. jobs and wages
  85. USCIS-2026-0298-2745 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or substantial reductions and exemptions for affected employers.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  86. USCIS-2026-0298-0882 ↗Support tightening · Endorses the proposal as a start and seeks an annual $250,000 fee.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  87. USCIS-2026-0298-1402 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes harms to firms and talent and questions revenue after reduced filings.Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  88. USCIS-2026-0298-5226 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the policy would send students and research talent to competitors.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fee burden and employer access
  89. USCIS-2026-0298-7850 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee for lacking jobs evidence and warns of offshoring and tax losses.U.S. jobs and wages · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  90. USCIS-2026-0298-1154 ↗Support tightening · Alleges employer abuse of H-1B and demands tighter limits and American hiring priority.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  91. USCIS-2026-0298-5823 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal of the fee, or at minimum grandfathering or reduced transitional fees for already-enrolled students.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access
  92. USCIS-2026-0298-1334 ↗Support tightening · Criticizes H-1B for shifting jobs to foreign workers at the expense of Americans.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  93. USCIS-2026-0298-4142 ↗Support tightening · Calls for extending the fee to all H-1Bs to protect American jobs.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  94. USCIS-2026-0298-7787 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to encourage domestic hiring and training.U.S. jobs and wages
  95. USCIS-2026-0298-4927 ↗Oppose tightening · Criticizes the policy for undermining manufacturing recruitment and domestic training.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Fee burden and employer access · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  96. USCIS-2026-0298-1218 ↗Support tightening · Accepts the fee and seeks additional proof of unsuccessful American recruitment.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  97. USCIS-2026-0298-7826 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes barriers to graduate employment and small-business recruitment.Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  98. USCIS-2026-0298-4175 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over cost justification, procedure and offshoring risks.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  99. USCIS-2026-0298-0179 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · Sarcastically asks about retroactive charging without a clear proposal position.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  100. USCIS-2026-0298-0206 ↗Support tightening · Requests at least $1 million, finding the proposed amount insufficient.Higher fees or tighter visa limits · U.S. jobs and wages
  101. USCIS-2026-0298-2013 ↗Support tightening · Proposes recovering employers' benefit savings and restricting visas and international enrollment.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  102. USCIS-2026-0298-7296 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over barriers to graduate sponsorship.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fee burden and employer access
  103. USCIS-2026-0298-6320 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes disproportionate fees creating small-business barriers and offshoring.Fee burden and employer access · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  104. USCIS-2026-0298-3613 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or proportionate size-based fees.Fee burden and employer access · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  105. USCIS-2026-0298-5102 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee weakens smaller technology firms and sends talent to competitors.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  106. USCIS-2026-0298-7579 ↗Support tightening · Cites recruiting experience to criticize employers favoring cheaper foreign labor over American applicants.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  107. USCIS-2026-0298-5590 ↗Support tightening · Supports fees covering new petitions, renewals and H-4 EAD.Higher fees or tighter visa limitsOfficial attachment downloads returned HTTP403. Classification uses readable body text only; insufficient bodies remain unclassifiable.
  108. USCIS-2026-0298-7299 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and a longer comment period over authority and revenue estimates.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer accessThe body retains an unfilled template prompt; classification uses the supplied arguments without inventing missing content.
  109. USCIS-2026-0298-4249 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes broad system costs on H-1B employers and seeks a narrower cost base.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  110. USCIS-2026-0298-3477 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal for lack of congressional authority to shift other program costs to employers.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  111. USCIS-2026-0298-4148 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes charging employers for unrelated government expenses.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  112. USCIS-2026-0298-6064 ↗Support tightening · Explicitly supports restricting H-1B and all visas as much as possible, alleging exclusion of Americans.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  113. USCIS-2026-0298-4879 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal, arguing the rule favors large firms and harms lawful talent.Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  114. USCIS-2026-0298-0220 ↗Support tightening · Advocates high visa costs to restrict foreign hiring and prioritize Americans.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  115. USCIS-2026-0298-2309 ↗Support tightening · Supports cost allocation and talent screening, citing large firms' ability to pay.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages
  116. USCIS-2026-0298-1814 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the fee's authority, demand model and inadequate alternatives analysis.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  117. USCIS-2026-0298-5718 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or exemptions for U.S.-educated graduates and long-resident youth.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  118. USCIS-2026-0298-4341 ↗Oppose tightening · Calls the large unexplained charge unfair.Fee burden and employer access
  119. USCIS-2026-0298-6237 ↗Support tightening · Supports stronger credential checks and immigration enforcement, with reasonable fees directed to anti-fraud work.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  120. USCIS-2026-0298-2069 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee as a starting point toward ending H-1B and related programs.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  121. USCIS-2026-0298-7939 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to encourage domestic recruitment.U.S. jobs and wages
  122. USCIS-2026-0298-5446 ↗Oppose tightening · Rejects the fee rationale, arguing talent value should be reflected in higher wages.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S. jobs and wages · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  123. USCIS-2026-0298-2793 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks reconsideration over innovation harms and offshoring.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · U.S. jobs and wages
  124. USCIS-2026-0298-7237 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes added hiring barriers and relocation of jobs and investment.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  125. USCIS-2026-0298-7476 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to change incentives favoring cheaper foreign labor.U.S. jobs and wages
  126. USCIS-2026-0298-3582 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks reconsideration with size-based fees and targeted enforcement to protect smaller firms and talent.Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S. jobs and wages
  127. USCIS-2026-0298-4850 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over interagency cost shifting and small-business barriers.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  128. USCIS-2026-0298-3379 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the large fee over inadequate authority, demand and cost justification.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  129. USCIS-2026-0298-7759 ↗Support tightening · Supports employers covering government vetting costs instead of taxpayers.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  130. USCIS-2026-0298-5687 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or revision with long-term talent analysis and tiered alternatives.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages
  131. USCIS-2026-0298-2401 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · Describes technology job-search difficulties without a fee position.U.S. jobs and wages
  132. USCIS-2026-0298-1675 ↗Support tightening · Calls the proposal a good start and seeks a tenfold increase.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  133. USCIS-2026-0298-7924 ↗Support tightening · Finds the fee better than nothing while seeking program abolition.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  134. USCIS-2026-0298-4896 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over authority, demand modeling and startup harms.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  135. USCIS-2026-0298-2441 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or reduction and warns of investment and jobs moving abroad.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · U.S. jobs and wages
  136. USCIS-2026-0298-1892 ↗Support tightening · Alleges visa hiring displaces American jobs and raises housing costs, and demands it stop.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  137. USCIS-2026-0298-2268 ↗Support tightening · Criticizes H-1B and low-cost offshoring for replacing U.S.-based staff.U.S. jobs and wages
  138. USCIS-2026-0298-6613 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or lower size-based fees.Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  139. USCIS-2026-0298-6754 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes offshoring of software jobs and loss of U.S.-trained talent.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fee burden and employer access
  140. USCIS-2026-0298-1812 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · Asks whether in-country status changes and university petitions face the fee.U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  141. USCIS-2026-0298-0502 ↗Support tightening · Requests tiered $150,000–$500,000 fees and further employment restrictions.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  142. USCIS-2026-0298-3766 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over legal authority, revenue modeling and cumulative costs.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  143. USCIS-2026-0298-1311 ↗Support tightening · Argues the United States has enough workers and should not import foreign labor.U.S. jobs and wages
  144. USCIS-2026-0298-7191 ↗Conditional / mixed direction · Conditionally supports fees only for first-time beneficiaries while protecting established H-1B workers.Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  145. USCIS-2026-0298-6852 ↗Support tightening · Says the proposal is not restrictive enough and demands immediate termination of H-1B, H-4 EAD, OPT and related programs.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  146. USCIS-2026-0298-6491 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes fees unaffordable for startups and harmful to innovation.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  147. USCIS-2026-0298-4643 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes making specialized U.S. work costlier and encouraging relocation.Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access
  148. USCIS-2026-0298-2838 ↗Oppose tightening · Criticizes disruption to graduate pathways, smaller firms and existing burdens.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  149. USCIS-2026-0298-5951 ↗Oppose tightening · Favors flexible H-1B rules for skilled workers and identifies offshoring as the main problem.U.S. jobs and wages
  150. USCIS-2026-0298-5748 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the policy hinders talent recruitment and reduces international enrollment and education revenue.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  151. USCIS-2026-0298-5964 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over authority and revenue and protections for students and small firms.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  152. USCIS-2026-0298-3720 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over losses of innovation, jobs and U.S.-trained talent.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S. jobs and wages
  153. USCIS-2026-0298-2059 ↗Support tightening · Supports employer fees to prioritize American employment.U.S. jobs and wages
  154. USCIS-2026-0298-8118 ↗Support tightening · Supports the rule to reduce incentives favoring cheaper foreign labor.U.S. jobs and wages
  155. USCIS-2026-0298-6111 ↗Support tightening · Supports fees to prevent fraud and select genuinely specialized roles.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages
  156. USCIS-2026-0298-2988 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes unrelated cost shifting and harms to small employers and innovation.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  157. USCIS-2026-0298-7436 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee and American-citizen hiring priority.U.S. jobs and wages
  158. USCIS-2026-0298-0821 ↗Oppose tightening · Challenges authority for interagency fees and argues they will not stop offshoring.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  159. USCIS-2026-0298-4286 ↗Oppose tightening · Criticizes the policy for worsening engineering and medical talent shortages.Talent, innovation and offshoring
  160. USCIS-2026-0298-5287 ↗Oppose tightening · Explicitly opposes the proposed rule.
  161. USCIS-2026-0298-0278 ↗Support tightening · Welcomes protection of American wages and wishes for higher fees.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  162. USCIS-2026-0298-6020 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · Asks why EB-5 investors are not included in cost sharing without expressing a clear direction on restrictions.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  163. USCIS-2026-0298-5547 ↗Support tightening · Supports at least $100,000 and hyperbolically seeks further increases.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  164. USCIS-2026-0298-3585 ↗Support tightening · Supports charging H-1Bs to restrict use to domestic skill shortages.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  165. USCIS-2026-0298-6240 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the rule's harm to students studying in the United States.U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  166. USCIS-2026-0298-2377 ↗Support tightening · Requests higher recurring annual fees to constrain abuse.Higher fees or tighter visa limits · U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  167. USCIS-2026-0298-5037 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal, arguing offshoring erodes the tax base and revenue model.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  168. USCIS-2026-0298-5692 ↗Support tightening · Agrees with the fee while preferring program closure.Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  169. USCIS-2026-0298-6893 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over interagency cost shifting and unreliable revenue forecasts.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access
  170. USCIS-2026-0298-2329 ↗Support tightening · Demands sharply higher H-1B fees, heavier taxes on visa holders and restrictions on remittances.U.S. jobs and wages · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  171. USCIS-2026-0298-7201 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and a longer comment period, citing small-firm and graduate harms.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  172. USCIS-2026-0298-6446 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the high fee as a barrier to startups investing in young talent.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  173. USCIS-2026-0298-5411 ↗Oppose tightening · Warns the policy would damage U.S. technology and AI competitiveness.Talent, innovation and offshoring
  174. USCIS-2026-0298-4173 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes barriers to talent and calls for fuller economic review.Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access
  175. USCIS-2026-0298-6232 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal of the flat fee in favor of wage- and location-based oversight.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · U.S. jobs and wages
  176. USCIS-2026-0298-3460 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee would transfer U.S.-trained scientific talent to competitors.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access
  177. USCIS-2026-0298-1436 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and proposes lower fees and U.S. graduate-degree exemptions.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  178. USCIS-2026-0298-7790 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal or proportional revision to protect small firms and U.S. teams.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  179. USCIS-2026-0298-3770 ↗Support tightening · Requests a floating fee at twice market salary and broader coverage.Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · Higher fees or tighter visa limits · U.S. jobs and wages · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  180. USCIS-2026-0298-7183 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee for the U.S. economy and job market.U.S. jobs and wages
  181. USCIS-2026-0298-6526 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and itemized authority and nexus for system-wide costs.Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  182. USCIS-2026-0298-7465 ↗Support tightening · Supports the fee to encourage domestic recruitment.U.S. jobs and wages
  183. USCIS-2026-0298-7612 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes turning skilled-worker visas into a large revenue charge.Fee burden and employer access
  184. USCIS-2026-0298-2850 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes the proposal and seeks a longer comment period and full economic data.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  185. USCIS-2026-0298-6215 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes further increases and seeks affordable access to global talent.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  186. USCIS-2026-0298-2403 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee harms the economy and favors direct action against wage and employer fraud.U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fee burden and employer access · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · U.S. jobs and wages
  187. USCIS-2026-0298-2689 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over offshoring and loss of U.S.-trained talent.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · U.S. jobs and wages
  188. USCIS-2026-0298-3199 ↗Support tightening · Calls fees ineffective and demands canceling work visas and prioritizing American graduates.U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Higher fees or tighter visa limits
  189. USCIS-2026-0298-0123 ↗Unclear / unclassifiable direction · Expresses unwillingness to read without a policy position.
  190. USCIS-2026-0298-3676 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes barriers to small employers and international-graduate employment.Fee burden and employer access · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Talent, innovation and offshoring
  191. USCIS-2026-0298-3797 ↗Support tightening · Explicitly favors the proposed changes.
  192. USCIS-2026-0298-4603 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee would encourage offshoring and demands further analysis before finalization.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages · Authority, cost allocation and revenue
  193. USCIS-2026-0298-7548 ↗Oppose tightening · Opposes small-business recruitment harms and favors stronger unlawful-employment checks.Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives
  194. USCIS-2026-0298-6904 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal and a longer comment period over authority and revenue assumptions.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer accessThe body retains an unfilled template prompt; classification uses the supplied arguments without inventing missing content.
  195. USCIS-2026-0298-2991 ↗Oppose tightening · Defends H-1B workers’ contributions and equal employment opportunities regardless of nationality or sponsorship.U.S. jobs and wages · U.S.-educated students and prior investment
  196. USCIS-2026-0298-6688 ↗Oppose tightening · Rejects one-for-one job substitution assumptions and warns of relocation.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  197. USCIS-2026-0298-8312 ↗Support tightening · Alleges H-1B abuse through fake credentials and fraud and demands it stop.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  198. USCIS-2026-0298-2445 ↗Oppose tightening · Seeks withdrawal over authority, offshoring and worker bargaining risks.Authority, cost allocation and revenue · Fee burden and employer access · Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S.-educated students and prior investment · Targeted fees, exemptions or alternatives · U.S. jobs and wages · Fraud prevention and labor enforcement
  199. USCIS-2026-0298-7639 ↗Oppose tightening · Argues the fee will not solve domestic employment concerns and encourages offshoring.Talent, innovation and offshoring · U.S. jobs and wages
  200. USCIS-2026-0298-4924 ↗Support tightening · Sees the fee as reducing abuse and increasing jobs for American graduates.Fraud prevention and labor enforcement · U.S. jobs and wages

This describes the sample, not public opinion or the probability of a final rule. Posted submissions are self-selected and may include coordinated campaigns.

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Key dates

04 / TIMELINE

  1. published the $103,265 fee .

  2. Federal Register corrected Table 13 historical receipt figures; the amount, scope and comment deadline are unchanged.

Sources

05 / SOURCES
Federal Register NPRMwww.federalregister.gov

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