[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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 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 
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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.
[FR Doc. 2018-26767 Filed 12-6-18; 4:15 pm]
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