1215-AB09 200710 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1215 Employment Standards Administration ESA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Labor Condition Applications and Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No No 20 CFR 655, subparts H and I 29 USC 49 et seq 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) 8 USC 1182(n) 8 USC 1184 PL 102-232 PL 105-277 No NPRM 10/31/1995 60 FR 55339 NPRM Comment Period End 11/30/1995 NPRM 01/05/1999 64 FR 628 NPRM Comment Period End 02/04/1999 Interim Final Rule 12/20/2000 65 FR 80110 Interim Final Rule Effective 01/19/2001 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 04/23/2001 66 FR 10865 Final Action To Be Determined On December 20, 2000, the Department published an Interim Final Rule to implement the recent amendments and clarify the existing rules, and requested further public comment on those provisions. On December 8, 2004, Congress enacted the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 108-447, 188 stat. 2809, division J, title IV, subtitle B (Dec. 8, 2004)), which reinstated (effective Mar. 8, 2005) certain attestation requirements for H-1B dependent employers and employers found to have committed willful violations or misrepresentations of material facts during the 5-year period prior to filing the H-1B Labor Condition Application. No Federal No No No Not Collected Alexander Passantino J. 1215 202 693-0051 202 693-1302 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room S3502, Washington DC 20210