[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 639 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 639

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for electronic 
  notification of H-2A and H-2B visa petitioners upon receipt of the 
                   petitions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

 Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for electronic 
  notification of H-2A and H-2B visa petitioners upon receipt of the 
                   petitions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Notification Improvement 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONERS.

    Section 214(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary 
        shall provide electronic notification to any petitioner who 
        submits a petition or payment of any fee pertaining to the 
        importation of an alien under subparagraph (H)(ii)(A) or 
        subparagraph (H)(ii)(b) of section 101(a)(15) promptly upon 
        receipt of such petition or payment.''.
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