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RIN: 1205-AB91

Publication ID: Spring 2020

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 jointly amended regulations regarding the H-2B non-immigrant visa program at 20 CFR part 655, subpart A. This final rule modernizes and improves the labor market test that DOL uses to assess whether qualified U.S. workers are available by: rescinding the requirement that an employer advertise its job opportunity in a print newspaper of general circulation in the area of intended employment, and expanding and enhancing DOL's electronic job registry to disseminate available job opportunities to the widest audience possible.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
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	11/15/2019	84 FR 62431
Final Rule Effective	12/16/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
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: Yes
Agency Contact: Brian Pasternak Administrator Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Office of Foreign Labor Certification; Room N-5311, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-8200 Email: pasternak.brian@dol.gov