3.0.0 2224 2022-11-01T13:50:27Z 2022-11-01T13:50:27Z Senate S 2019-07-23 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-23T20:19:27Z Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 116 3881 HR 2019-08-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-07-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-07-23 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 2019-07-23 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-09-09 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2019-09-09 False Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Foreign labor Government information and archives Higher education Human trafficking Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement officers Personnel records User charges and fees Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-13T16:41:41Z Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to build a searchable database with certain information about each temporary foreign nonimmigrant worker. The database shall include information such as (1) each worker's age, gender, and country of origin; (2) the type of visa used and the status of such visa; (3) where each worker is employed; and (4) each worker's occupation and the compensation received.

The database shall only be available to (1) law enforcement, (2) service providers to human trafficking victims, (3) worker protection organizations, and (4) entities agreeing to use the information only for research purposes.

The bill expands existing reporting requirements related to temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers to include additional information such as (1) the 10 employers that hired the most temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers, and (2) the 10 occupations with the most temporary foreign nonimmigrant workers.

]]> Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 Display Title Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2224is/xml/BILLS-116s2224is.xml 2019-07-23 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.