3.0.0 4381 2023-01-11T13:16:55Z 2023-01-11T13:16:55Z House H HR 2009-12-16 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2010-03-01T17:05:00Z Referred to 2009-12-16T14:07:50Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2010-02-23T15:32:13Z Referred to 2009-12-16T14:08:40Z 2010-03-01 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2010-02-23 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2009-12-16 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-12-16 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-16 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 N M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2009-12-16 True Immigration Administrative remedies Department of Homeland Security Department of Labor Foreign labor Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Licensing and registrations Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Temporary and part-time employment User charges and fees Visas and passports Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2009-12-16 Introduced in House 2010-03-29T16:07:20Z H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make any alien seeking to enter the United States as an H-2B visa (nonagricultural temporary/seasonal worker) inadmissible unless the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) certifies to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) that: (1) there are not sufficient U.S. workers to perform such temporary labor or services; and (2) such alien's employment will not adversely affect similarly-employed U.S. workers' wages and working conditions.

Requires H-2B employers to file an application with the Secretary which shall include information regarding: (1) the numbers, occupational classifications, and employment locations of such nonimmigrants; (2) the recurring and temporary need for such labor and the inability to secure U.S. workers to meet such labor needs; and (3) instances of employment-related violations within the previous three years.

Limits labor contracting and construction entities registration eligibility.

Directs the Secretary to set the number of H-2B visas each employer would be approved to use. Requires an employer to pay a $100 application fee and a $100 per-worker fee.

Sets forth: (1) labor certification application provisions; (2) H-2B and U.S. worker protections; and (3) penalties, including temporary program removal, for compliance failures.

Establishes in the Treasury the Employment Certification Fee Account.

States that forest, conservation, and logging workers shall be considered: (1) H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers for employment purposes; and (2) seasonal agricultural workers under the Migrant Seasonal Worker Protection Act.

]]> H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 Display Title H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To reform the H-2B program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4381ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4381ih.xml 2010-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.