US Congress Senate Bill 2167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers. Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days. Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities.

American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB4159 (Same As) 2012-03-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2167/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2167/BILLS-112s2167is.pdf