; and (E) in paragraph (12)(C), by striking $500 and inserting $2,000 . (c) Employment authorization Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Employment authorization for aliens no longer engaged in full-time study in the united states Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) may be provided employment authorization in the United States pursuant to the Optional Practical Training Program, or any such successor program, without an express Act of Congress authorizing such a program. . (d) Clerical amendment Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 ) is amended by redesignating subsection (t), as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–449 , as subsection (u). II New H–1B Visa requirements 201. Bar on nondisparagement and nondisclosure agreements (a) In general A petitioner employer may not require a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident employee of such petitioner employer to sign any nondisparagement or nondisclosure agreement, regardless of its characterization or label, that conditions receipt of any financial or nonfinancial benefit from the petitioner employer upon the nondisclosure of such petitioner employer's potential misuse of the H–1B visa program. (b) Patent or trademark affirmative defense in litigation Notwithstanding subsection (a), a petitioner employer, as a defense in litigation, may affirmatively assert that an agreement described in subsection (a) was necessary to prevent the disclosure of any highly technical information that might be related to a pending patent or trademark application. 202. United States Federal court jurisdiction over civil actions pertaining to misuse of the H–1B visa program (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) each United States district court shall have jurisdiction to address civil actions by any person claiming misuse of the