HR 5498
117th Congress
House
Immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports
Preserving Employment Visas Act
Introduced: October 5, 2021
Introduced by:
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Republican
· Iowa
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Oct 5, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 5, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preserving Employment Visas Act
This bill reclaims unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY2020 and FY2021 and makes such unused visas available in FY2022, for the purposes of calculating the total number of employment-based immigrant visas available each fiscal year. If, at the end of FY2022, there are still unused FY2020 and FY2021 visas, these unused visas shall be available in subsequent fiscal years until they are all used.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committees of jurisdiction
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