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

1615-AC38 201904 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 2019 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, increased the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas to authorize the issuance of up to an additional 15,000 through the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. This increase is based on a time-limited statutory authority and does not affect the H-2B program in future fiscal years. The Departments plan to issue regulations to implement this determination.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii)(A) & (C), (iv)(A) 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii)(A) and (D) 20 CFR part 655, subpart A 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ix) 29 CFR part 503 ... 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1) 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)(A) 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)(B) 8 U.S.C.1184(c)(14)(A)(i) ... No Temporary Final Rule 05/00/2019 No None No No No 1205-AB95 Related to Kevin Cummings Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 202 272-8377 202 272-1480 kevin.j.cummings@uscis.dhs.gov 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW , Suite 1200, Washington DC 20529-2200