1205-AB69 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Wage Methodology for the Temporary Nonagricultural Employment H-2B Program, Part 2

In an interim final rule (IFR) published in April, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) amended their regulations governing the methodology by which DOL calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited in connection with the application for employment certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. That prevailing wage is then used by employers in petitioning the DHS to allow nonimmigrant workers to enter the U.S. in H-2B status. DOL and DHS jointly issued this rule in response to the court's order in Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas v. Solis, which vacated a provision of DOL's prevailing wage rate regulation, and to ensure that the rule is in effect nationwide in light of other outstanding litigation. The IFR requested comments from the public on a variety of regulatory and policy issues, and the final rule will consider the public's input and make revisions to the regulations as warranted.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions Yes No 20 CFR 655 8 CFR 214 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) 8 USC 1184(c) Judicial Other 04/22/2013 Judicial order No Interim Final Rule 04/24/2013 78 FR 24047 Interim Final Rule Effective 04/24/2013 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/10/2013 Final Rule To Be Determined No Businesses None No No No No 1205-AB61 Related to 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS Joint Lauren Bernstein Acting Manager, Division of Policy 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 693-3010 bernstein.lauren@dol.gov Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C-4312, FP Building, Washington DC 20210