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This joint resolution would cancel a recently issued Department of Homeland Security rule about the H-2 visa program. If approved, it would mean the rule would not take effect and would have no legal force. In simple terms, Congress is saying it does not agree with the new changes DHS made to the rules for how the H-2 program is run and overseen, including worker protections.
- The resolution targets a DHS rule called “Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections.”
- The H-2 program is used for certain temporary foreign workers, so the rule deals with how that program operates.
- If Congress passes this resolution, the DHS rule would be overturned and treated as if it never had effect.
- This is a disapproval measure, not a new policy that replaces the DHS rule with another set of rules.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security titled Modernizing H–2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections and published on December 18, 2024. This rule modifies several regulations applicable to agricultural (H-2A) and nonagricultural (H-2B) temporary nonimmigrant workers, including by providing additional whistleblower protections for these workers, eliminating the differential treatment of nationals of countries designated as eligible, and establishing a 60-day grace period for workers after the revocation or cessation of eligible employment.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 21 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 21
Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland
Security relating to ``Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight,
and Worker Protections''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Self, and Mr. Moore of West Virginia)
submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland
Security relating to ``Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight,
and Worker Protections''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to
``Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker
Protections'' (89 Fed. Reg. 103202), and such rule shall have no force
or effect.
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