3.0.0 2293 2023-01-11T13:38:54Z 2023-01-11T13:38:54Z Senate S 2018-01-11 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-01-11T16:03:13Z Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 115 4777 HR 2018-01-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Identical bill CRS 2018-01-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-01-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2018-01-11 True Immigration Congressional oversight Foreign labor Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Right of privacy Visas and passports Immigration 00 2018-01-11 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-18T18:45:07Z Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) expand nonimmigrant employer annual data reporting requirements to include all nonimmigrant worker categories and compensated cultural exchange, training, and business classifications; and (2) require that such information be made public. (Employment means employment in the United States and includes cultural exchanges, training, or business activities for which the nonimmigrant receives any form of compensation.)

Expanded reporting requirements shall include information regarding: (1) age and gender of admitted nonimmigrants, (2) categories and numbers of visas issued and numbers of persons admitted under each visa, (4) blanket petitions, (5) nonimmigrant worker employers, and (6) citizens of nations with Compacts of Free Association with the United States who are authorized to reside permanently in the United States as nonimmigrants.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State, and the Department of Labor may revise forms or databases used to regulate nonimmigrant visas or grant nonimmigrant status.

The State Department and Labor shall share report-related information with DHS.

]]> Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 Display Title Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 214(c)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the data reporting requirements relating to nonimmigrant employees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2293is/xml/BILLS-115s2293is.xml 2018-01-11 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.