A bill to prioritize the allocation of H-2B visas for States with low unemployment rates.
United States115th CongressS-2972Senate
Updated: May 24, 2018
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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