3.0.0 1596 2022-11-15T16:34:11Z 2022-11-15T16:34:11Z House H HR 2013-04-17 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DeFAZIO:H.R. 1596.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8. Clause 4.To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniformLaws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the UnitedStates[Page H2124]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-30T20:08:24Z Referred to 2013-04-17T14:03:05Z Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act 113 744 S 2013-06-27 Senate ordered measure printed as passed. Related bill CRS American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 113 891 S 2013-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2013-04-30 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2013-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N Immigration Employee hiring Foreign labor State and local government operations Temporary and part-time employment Visas and passports Immigration 00 2013-04-17 Introduced in House 2013-05-08T17:09:22Z American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers.

Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days.

Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities.]]>

American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 Display Title American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants. Introduced in House 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1596ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1596ih.xml 2013-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. 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.