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RIN: 1205-AB91

Publication ID: Spring 2019

Title: Modernizing Recruitment Requirements Under the H-2B Program
Abstract: The United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are jointly amending regulations regarding the H-2B non-immigrant visa program at 20 CFR part 655, subpart A. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will include necessary technical improvements, which will eliminate print newspaper advertisements and modernize the requirements employers must meet for advertising job opportunities to U.S. workers.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Deregulatory
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655, subpart A 8 CFR 214.2 (h)(6) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1184 8 U.S.C. 1103

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/09/2018	83 FR 55977
NPRM Comment Period End	12/10/2018
NPRM Comment Period End Extension to 12/28/2018	12/10/2018	83 FR 63430
Final Rule	06/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Thomas M. Dowd Deputy Assistant Secretary Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Room N4641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 513-7350