[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 236 (Monday, December 10, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63430-63431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26767]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2018 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
RIN 1615-AC33
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 655
RIN 1205-AB91
[Docket No. ETA-2018-0003]
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment
of H-2B Foreign Workers in the United States; Extension of Comment
Period
AGENCIES: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security; and Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the period for submitting written
comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-
2B Foreign Workers in the United States. The comment period was
initially scheduled to end on December 10, 2018. The Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Labor (collectively, the
Departments) are taking this action to provide interested parties
additional time to submit comments in response to requests for an
extension of the commenting period.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on November
9, 2018, at 83 FR 55977, is extended. Comments must be received on or
before December 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by the agencies' names and
the Department of Labor (DOL)'s Docket No. ETA-2018-0003 or Regulatory
Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB91, by any of the following methods:
--Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
website instructions for submitting comments (under ``Help'' > ``How to
use Regulations.gov'').
--Mail and Hand Delivery/Courier: Submit written comments and any
additional material to Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of Policy
Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agencies' names and
the DOL RIN 1205-AB91. Please submit your comments by only one method.
Please be advised that DOL will post all comments received that relate
to the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on http://www.regulations.gov without making any change to the comments or
redacting any information.
The http://www.regulations.gov website is the Federal e-rulemaking
portal, and all comments posted there are available and accessible to
the public. Therefore, DOL recommends that commenters remove personal
information (either about themselves or others) such as Social Security
Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses
included in their comments, as such information may become easily
available to the public via the http://www.regulations.gov website. It
is the responsibility of the commenter to safeguard personal
information.
Also, please note that, due to security concerns, postal mail
delivery in Washington, DC may be delayed. Therefore, DOL encourages
the public to submit comments on http://www.regulations.gov. Docket: To
read or download comments or other material in the electronic docket,
go to http://www.regulations.gov website (search using RIN 1205-AB91 or
Docket No. ETA-2018-0003). DOL also will make all the comments it
receives available for public inspection by appointment during normal
business hours at the above address. If you need assistance to review
the comments, DOL will provide appropriate aids, such as readers or
print magnifiers. DOL will make copies of the proposed rule available,
upon request, in large print and electronic file on computer disk. To
schedule an appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the
proposed rule in an alternative format, contact the Office of Policy
Development and Research at (202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free
number). You may also contact Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of
Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
Comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): In addition to
filing comments with ETA, persons wishing to comment on the information
collection (IC) aspects of the proposed rule may send comments to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer
for DOL-ETA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, Fax: (202) 395-6881 (this is not a
toll-free number), email: [email protected]. See Paperwork
Reduction Act section of the proposed rule for particular areas of
interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regarding the Department of Labor:
Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor, Box #12-200, 200 Constitution Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 513-7350 (this is not a toll-
free number). Regarding the Department of Homeland Security: Kevin J.
Cummings, Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of
Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 1100,
Washington, DC 20529-2120, telephone (202) 272-8377 (not a toll-free
call). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the
telephone numbers above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 9, 2018, the Departments
published an NPRM in the Federal Register at 83 FR 55977, proposing
regulatory revisions that would modernize the recruitment an employer
seeking H-2B nonimmigrant workers must conduct when applying for a
temporary labor certification. In particular, the Departments are
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proposing to replace the print newspaper advertisements that their
regulations currently require with electronic advertisements posted on
the internet, which the Departments believe will be a more effective
and efficient means of disseminating information about job openings to
U.S. workers.
The NPRM requested public comments on the proposed changes on or
before December 10, 2018. The Departments have received a request to
extend the comment period to allow the public to provide further input
on the proposed changes. In light of the request, the Departments have
extended the period for submitting public comment to December 28, 2018.
Molly E. Conway,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor.
L. Francis Cissna,
Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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