3.0.0 2804 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z Senate S S 2009-11-19 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-19T22:47:29Z 2009-11-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2009-11-19 True Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Department of Labor Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Unemployment Visas and passports Immigration 00 2009-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-10T14:18:11Z Employ America Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving an employer petition for any visa authorizing employment in the United States unless the employer has certified to the Secretary of Labor that the employer: (1) has not provided a notice of a mass layoff during the 12-month period immediately preceding the alien's scheduled hiring date; and (2) does not intend to provide a notice of a mass layoff.

States that if an employer provides a notice of a mass layoff after the approval of a visa any visas approved during the most recent 12-month period for such employer shall expire 60 days after the date on which such notice is provided and shall not be subject to judicial review.

Exempts an employer from such requirements if the employer certifies to the Secretary of Labor that the total number of the employer's workers who are U.S. citizens working in the United States will not be reduced by a mass layoff.


]]> Employ America Act Display Title Employ America Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require employers to certify that they have not and will not lay off a large number of employees before they are allowed to employ foreign workers in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Employ America Act Introduced in Senate 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2804is/xml/BILLS-111s2804is.xml 2009-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.