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Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act

USA116th CongressS-135| Senate 
| Updated: 1/15/2019
John Thune

John Thune

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (2)
Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act This bill authorizes additional H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers in states with relatively low unemployment. Currently, such visas are capped nationally at 66,000 a year. For positions in states that had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5% or lower in three of the five most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly reports issued in the previous fiscal year, a certain number of H-2B visas may be issued that don't count against the 66,000 per year cap. For such exempted H-2B visas, a state may receive each year no more than 125% of the number of visas for aliens working in the state in the last completed fiscal year or 2,500, whichever is less.
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Timeline
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jan 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • January 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Foreign laborTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentVisas and passports

Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act

USA116th CongressS-135| Senate 
| Updated: 1/15/2019
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act This bill authorizes additional H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers in states with relatively low unemployment. Currently, such visas are capped nationally at 66,000 a year. For positions in states that had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5% or lower in three of the five most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly reports issued in the previous fiscal year, a certain number of H-2B visas may be issued that don't count against the 66,000 per year cap. For such exempted H-2B visas, a state may receive each year no more than 125% of the number of visas for aliens working in the state in the last completed fiscal year or 2,500, whichever is less.
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Timeline
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jan 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • January 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
John Thune

John Thune

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (2)
Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Foreign laborTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentVisas and passports