S 2972
115th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Foreign labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Visas and passports
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 24, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide states which have low unemployment rates of 3.5% or lower with up to 1,500 additional H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) per fiscal year. Such visas shall be exempt from the overall H-2B annual visa limit of 66,000.
The bill sets forth a formula to distribute such visas throughout the fiscal year.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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