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S 2167 112th Congress Senate

American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012

Official title: A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Ameri… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.

Introduced: June 6, 2012 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 7, 2012
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 Latest action March 7, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers.

Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days.

Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4159 Identical bill American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 6, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2167: American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2167/
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"S. 2167: American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2167/.
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