United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5498 (117th)
Preserving Employment Visas Act
Introduced
5 October 2021
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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5 December 2025
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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 5 October 2021
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Introduced in House · EN · 5 October 2021
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 October 2021
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5498
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5498