H.R.5498: Preserving Employment Visas Act

About This Bill

  • Introduced Oct. 5, 2021
  • Latest Major Action Nov. 1, 2022

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Bill 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.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Nov. 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Oct. 5, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct. 5, 2021

Introduced in the House by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

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