United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 798 (116th)
Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019
Introduced
25 January 2019
Last action
5 March 2019 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Sponsors
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3], H. Griffith
Subjects
Immigration, Taxation
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019 This bill exempts from the annual cap on nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural services) all returning workers who were already counted toward such cap during any of the preceding three fiscal years.
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Timeline
25 January 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 March 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 January 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 25 January 2019
Sponsors
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
- H. Griffith · R · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/798
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/798
- us · 116-hr-798 · source updated 3 January 2025