S. 2972 · 115th Congress
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Thune
- Introduced
- 2018-05-24
- Latest action
- 2018-05-24 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide states which have low unemployment rates of 3.5% or lower with up to 1,500 additional H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) per fiscal year. Such visas shall be exempt from the overall H-2B annual visa limit of 66,000.
The bill sets forth a formula to distribute such visas throughout the fiscal year.