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S 2804 111th Congress Senate Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Department of Labor Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Unemployment Visas and passports

Employ America Act

Introduced: November 19, 2009 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Employ America Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving an employer petition for any visa authorizing employment in the United States unless the employer has certified to the Secretary of Labor that the employer: (1) has not provided a notice of a mass layoff during the 12-month period immediately preceding the alien's scheduled hiring date; and (2) does not intend to provide a notice of a mass layoff.

States that if an employer provides a notice of a mass layoff after the approval of a visa any visas approved during the most recent 12-month period for such employer shall expire 60 days after the date on which such notice is provided and shall not be subject to judicial review.

Exempts an employer from such requirements if the employer certifies to the Secretary of Labor that the total number of the employer's workers who are U.S. citizens working in the United States will not be reduced by a mass layoff.


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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2804: Employ America Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2804/
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