S. 891
American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsor
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 11, 2023
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 891
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- May 8, 2013
- Policy Area
- Immigration
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: Senate
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process for employment in forestry, 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.
Judiciary Committee
Introduced in Senate
May 8, 2013