HR 798
116th Congress
House
Immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019
Introduced: January 25, 2019
Introduced by:
Higgins, Clay
Republican
· Louisiana
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019
This bill exempts from the annual cap on nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural services) all returning workers who were already counted toward such cap during any of the preceding three fiscal years.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1