Restoring Returning Workers Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3125
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-06-25
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Temporary and part-time employment

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Restoring Returning Workers Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to update through the current fiscal year the returning worker exemption from the cap on H-2B nonimmigrant visas. The bill provides that number of aliens considered to be returning workers in any fiscal year may not exceed the highest number of nonimmigrants who participated in the returning worker program in any fiscal year in which returning workers were exempt from the numerical limitation on the H-2B visa. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3125 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 25, 2018 Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To modify the H–2B nonimmigrant returning worker exemption.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Returning Workers Act of 2018 . 2. H–2B nonimmigrant returning workers Section 214(g)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by striking (B) and (C) and inserting (B), (C), and (D), ; (B) by striking fiscal year 2013, 2014, or 2015 and inserting any of the 3 previous fiscal years ; and (C) by striking fiscal year 2016 and inserting the current fiscal year ; and (2) by inserting at the end the following: (D) The number of aliens considered to be returning workers under subparagraph (A) in any fiscal year may not exceed the highest number of nonimmigrants who participated in the returning worker program in any fiscal year in which returning workers were exempt from the numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B). .