Action needed to #SaveH2B 11/18/20 |
Written by John McMahon |
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 02:15 PM |
Your Help is Needed to #SaveH2B Requested Action: House and Senate leaders are working to finalize a Fiscal 2021 spending package before the current temporary spending bill or continuing resolution expires on December 11. If your Senators and Representative support to the H-2B program, please reach out to them about the need to include H-2B cap relief any FY 21 spending package. If your Senators and Representatives are opposed to the H-2B program, you do not need to do anything. We are hoping to rally our supporters to help get cap relief over the finish line. A list of known H-2B supporters is attached. Please see if your elected officials are on this list and if so, please take the following steps:
Background: The federal government is currently operating under a temporary spending bill, or continuing resolution, that runs through Dec. 11. Lawmakers hope to reach an agreement on a package to fund the federal government before the 11th. The Senate version of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill does not address the H-2B cap. The House Appropriations Committee-passed version of the DHS funding bill includes the language in current law that gives DHS the ability to increase that cap by up to about 69,000 visas if it determines that the needs of seasonal businesses cannot be met with American workers. The Senate version of the Department of Labor (DOL) FY 21 funding bill includes the following provisions of current law:
These provisions are not included in the DOL funding bill passed by the House of Representatives. The H-2B Workforce Coalition is continuing to advocate for all of these provisions to be included in any final spending bill. We appreciate you weighing in with your elected officials if they support the program. Thanks for your continued help to #saveH2B. Your H-2B Workforce Coalition Co-Chairs, |