[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1431. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INFORMATION REGARDING H-2B VISA ISSUANCE.

       The Secretary of Homeland Security may not authorize any 
     official of the Department of Homeland Security to travel to 
     any conference or symposium until after the Secretary--
       (1) has submitted to Congress, and made publicly 
     available--
       (A) the methodology used to determine when the numerical 
     limitation on H-2B visas set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)) 
     has been reached for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015, 
     including the number of petitions for such status that had 
     been accepted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at 
     the time such determination was made; and
       (B) the number of petitions for H-2B visas that had been 
     received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for 
     fiscal year 2015--
       (i) on or before March 5, 2015;
       (ii) on or before March 17, 2015; and
       (iii) on or before March 26, 2015;
       (2) has conducted a study that confirms the efficacy of the 
     methodology used by the Department of Homeland Security to 
     determine whether the numerical limitation referred to in 
     paragraph (1) has been reached;
       (3) submits a report to Congress information that 
     contains--
       (A) information about any investigations or lawsuits 
     regarding the methodology described in paragraph (2);
       (B) any revisions made to such methodology during the past 
     10 fiscal years;
       (C) contemporaneous work product establishing how the 
     numerical limitation referred to in paragraph (1) was 
     calculated during the past 10 fiscal years;
       (D) a complete statement of the methodology for determining 
     when the H-2B visa cap is reached for a fiscal year; and
       (E) the number of ``target beneficiaries'' for the first 6 
     months and for the last 6 months of fiscal year 2015.
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