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This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security titled Modernizing H–2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections and published on December 18, 2024. This rule modifies several regulations applicable to agricultural (H-2A) and nonagricultural (H-2B) temporary nonimmigrant workers, including by providing additional whistleblower protections for these workers, eliminating the differential treatment of nationals of countries designated as eligible, and establishing a 60-day grace period for workers after the revocation or cessation of eligible employment.
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2025-01-16
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-16
Introduced in House
2025-01-16
Introduced in House
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119 HJ 21 IH: Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to “Modernizing H–2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections”. U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 21 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2025 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Self , and Mr. Moore of West Virginia ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Modernizing H–2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Modernizing H–2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections (89 Fed. Reg. 103202), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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