Preserving Employment Visas Act

Bill: 117-hr-5498
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-05
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Preserving Employment Visas Act</strong></p> <p>This bill reclaims unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY2020 and FY2021 and makes such unused visas available in FY2022, for the purposes of calculating the total number of employment-based immigrant visas available each fiscal year. If, at the end of FY2022, there are still unused FY2020 and FY2021 visas, these unused visas shall be available in subsequent fiscal years until they are all used.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5498 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 5, 2021 Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process employment-based immigrant visa applications after September 30, 2021, and to award such visas to eligible applicants from the pool of unused employment-based immigrant visas during fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Employment Visas Act . 2. Preservation of expiring employment-based visas (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2022, the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants authorized under section 201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(d) ) shall be increased by the number computed under subsection (b) with respect to such worldwide levels. (b) Computation The number computed under this subsection is the difference (if any) between— (1) the sum of the worldwide levels authorized under the section 201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(d) ) for fiscal years 2020 and 2021; and (2) the sum of the number of aliens who were issued employment-based immigrant visas or who otherwise acquired the status of aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b) ) during the fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1). (c) Allocation The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall allocate the visas made available as a result of the increase authorized under subsection (a) on a proportional basis, in accordance with subsections (b) and (e)(1) of section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153 ). (d) Availability Each visa made available under this section shall remain available for use in fiscal year 2022 or in any subsequent fiscal year, until the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, determines that such visa has been issued and used as the basis for an application for admission into the United States.