Preserving Employment Visas Act
Summary
Preserving Employment Visas Act This bill reclaims unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY2020 and FY2021 and makes such unused visas available in FY2022, for the purposes of calculating the total number of employment-based immigrant visas available each fiscal year. If, at the end of FY2022, there are still unused FY2020 and FY2021 visas, these unused visas shall be available in subsequent fiscal years until they are all used.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 5, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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3
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Committee
2
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Oct 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Oct 5, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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