The Omnibus Bill Isn't Only About Dollars

Science -- Bhattacharjee et al. 306 (5702): 1663 -- "The Omnibus Bill Isn't Only About Dollars":

"- H-1B visas: The omnibus bill allows the State Department to grant 20,000 additional H-1B visas every year to foreign nationals with a master's or a Ph.D. from a U.S. university. Business and academic organizations lobbied for the legislation after this year's quota of 65,000 H-1B visas--open to skilled foreign workers regardless of educational qualification--was reached on 1 October, the first day of the fiscal year. A previous cap of 195,000 expired in 2003.......

"- NIH management: The omnibus bill drops provisions added by the House of Representatives that would have barred funds for two psychology research grants opposed by conservatives and imposed a 50-person limit on NIH attendance at foreign meetings. The bill also tells NIH officials to consider all the comments on its proposal to increase public access to NIH-funded research papers and to provide Congress with a cost estimate."