HR 5498 · 117th Congress · Immigration

Preserving Employment Visas Act

Introduced 2021-10-05· Sponsored by Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.(2022-11-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (6)

6 Republicans
Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]OK
Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]FL
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]NV
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]PA
Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]OH
Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]FL