2013-05-07T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8849 tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358208 2013-05-07T20:00:00Z A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357183 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355712 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z To increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355716 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355531 2013-04-14T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to simplify the petitioning procedure for H-2A workers, to expand the scope of the H-2A program, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-24:/action/350560 2013-02-24T19:00:00Z To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-12:/action/349686 2013-02-12T19:00:00Z To extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of employer-provided health insurance, family and medical leave, and pension plans.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-05:/action/349174 2013-02-05T19:00:00Z To provide authorities for the appropriate conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to permanent seasonal positions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-19:/action/342047 2012-09-19T20:00:00Z A bill to provide authorities for the appropriate conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to permanent seasonal positions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-10:/action/339514 2012-09-10T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to simplify the petitioning procedure for H-2A workers, to expand the scope of the H-2A program, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-01:/action/338805 2012-08-01T20:00:00Z To provide authorities for the appropriate conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to permanent seasonal positions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-29:/action/337654 2012-07-29T20:00:00Z To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-16:/action/321161 2012-02-16T19:00:00Z Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-16:/action/321038 2012-02-16T19:00:00Z A bill to direct the Secretary of Interior to establish a veterans conservation corps, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-15:/action/320992 2012-02-15T19:00:00Z To simplify and enhance qualified retirement plans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-26:/action/319237 2012-01-26T19:00:00Z To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-15:/action/317768 2011-12-15T19:00:00Z To prioritize certain returning workers for purposes of the numerical limitation on H-2B temporary workers.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-14:/action/317717 2011-12-14T19:00:00Z To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-12:/action/317354 2011-12-12T19:00:00Z A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-15:/action/314409 2011-11-15T19:00:00Z To reform the H-2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes.<br /><br />