1205-AB58 200910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for Temporary Employment in Occupations Other Than Agriculture or Registered Nursing in the United States (H-2B Workers) The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, requires the Department of Homeland Security, prior to the admission of H-2B workers, to seek advice from the Department of Labor regarding the importation of such workers. Specifically, DOL certifies that there is not sufficient U.S. worker(s) able, available, willing and qualified at the time of an application for a visa, and that the employment of the alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. The Department currently administers such certification through an attestation-based program. As a result of the Department’s program experience, this regulation shall propose to re-engineer the H-2B program in order to satisfy the Secretary of Labor’s statutory responsibilities and to strengthen the program’s integrity and protections of U.S. workers. Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No 20 CFR 655 8 USC 1101(a)(15(H)(ii)(B)) 8 USC 1184(e) No NPRM 11/00/2010 No State No No No William Carlson L. Ph.D. 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 693-3010 carlson.william@dol.gov Room C-4312, FP Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20210