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S 2828 117th Congress Senate Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports

Preserving Employment Visas Act

Introduced: September 23, 2021 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 23, 2021
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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 September 23, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5498 Identical bill Preserving Employment Visas Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 2, 2022
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 1, 2022
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 23, 2021
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Sep 23, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2828: Preserving Employment Visas Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2828/
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"S. 2828: Preserving Employment Visas Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2828/.
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S. 2828, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2828/.
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