These are the actual laws enacted by Congress that cover H-1B. Some of these laws cover other topics as well.
Created the H-1B Program
Made "fashion models" eligible for H-1B visas. Behind this bill, there is probably one of those stories that will instill faith in government. I just do not know it.
The H-1B expansion in 1998 was buried in the annual budget so that in order to vote against H-1B you had to vote to shut down the government. The law (in re H-1B):
Because of the election, Congress felt the need to increase the H-1B retraining fee in order to give them cover for the campaign-cash driven H-1B expansion. With the retraining fee increase, Congress could say it was voting for training money, not replace Americans with imported workers. However, due to the Constitutional requirement that revenue bills originate in the House, the Senate's H-1B bill could not increase the H-1B retraining fee (see P.L. 106-303). The increase had to come separately in this law. (In contrast, P.L. 105-255, which created the H-1B retraining fee, originated in the House.)
Oooooops. When Congress passed P.L. 105-303 they left out one of the provisions the campaign contributors had paid for: clearly spelling out that a corporate restructuring would not require getting new visas for H-1B employees. When industry said "Jump.", Congress said "How high?" and passed this law.
Allows H-1B workers who are applying for permanent residency to remain in the U.S. beyond there 6-year limit for the visa.