3.0.0 2828 2023-04-28T13:30:20Z 2023-04-28T13:30:20Z Senate S 2021-09-23 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-23T19:43:04Z Preserving Employment Visas Act 117 5498 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2021-09-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-09-23 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2021-09-23 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2022-03-01 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2022-03-02 False Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2021-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-18T16:38:36Z Preserving Employment Visas Act

This bill reclaims unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY2020 and FY2021 and makes such unused visas available in FY2022, for the purposes of calculating the total number of employment-based immigrant visas available each fiscal year. If, at the end of FY2022, there are still unused FY2020 and FY2021 visas, these unused visas shall be available in subsequent fiscal years until they are all used.

]]> Preserving Employment Visas Act Display Title Preserving Employment Visas Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process employment-based immigrant visa applications after September 30, 2021, and to award such visas to eligible applicants from the pool of unused employment-based immigrant visas during fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preserving Employment Visas Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2828is/xml/BILLS-117s2828is.xml 2021-09-23 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.