Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-639
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-24
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Foreign labor

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security to provide electronic notification to any petitioner who submits a petition or payment of any fee pertaining to the importation of an H-2A visa alien (temporary agricultural worker) or an H-2B visa alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) upon receipt of such petition or payment. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 639 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2017 Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for electronic notification of H–2A and H–2B visa petitioners upon receipt of the petitions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Electronic notification of petitioners Section 214(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall provide electronic notification to any petitioner who submits a petition or payment of any fee pertaining to the importation of an alien under subparagraph (H)(ii)(A) or subparagraph (H)(ii)(b) of section 101(a)(15) promptly upon receipt of such petition or payment. .