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            <NAME>Employment and Training Administration</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Labor Certification for the Temporary Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This Final Rule is designed to initiate a redesign of the process by which U.S. employers seek labor certification from the Department of Labor as an initial step to hire temporary non-agricultural labor under the H-2B visa program.  The re-engineering of the program includes streamlining of the application process and strengthening of program integrity.]]></ABSTRACT>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>22 CFR 655</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 USC 1184</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/22/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 29942</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/07/2008</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/19/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 78020</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/18/2009</TTBL_DATE>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>William</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Carlson</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>L.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <SUFFIX>Ph.D.</SUFFIX>
                <TITLE>Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1205</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employment and Training Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ETA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 693-3010</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>carlson.william@dol.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>FP Building, Room C-4312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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