Acting Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AC12 201704 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the Fiscal Year 2017 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, has decided to increase the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas to authorize the issuance of a limited number of additional H-2B visas through the end of Fiscal Year 2017, to assist certain businesses. This is a one-time increase based on a time-limited statutory authority; it does not affect the H-2B program in future fiscal years. The Departments are promulgating regulations to implement this determination.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No 8 CFR 214 8 U.S.C. 1101 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1184 Pub. L. 115-31 No Final Action 07/00/2017 No None No No No Yes 1200 Department of Labor DOL Joint Brian Hunt Acting Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 202 272-8377 202 272-1480 brian.j.hunt@uscis.dhs.gov 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20529-2200