{"description":"Documents matching 'H-1B weighted selection'","count":51,"total_pages":3,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=H-1B+weighted+selection&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection process that will generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the congressional intent for the H-1B program. This rule will be effective in time for the FY 2027 registration season.","document_number":"2025-23853","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23853.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23853.pdf?1766497516","publication_date":"2025-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> workers at all wage levels. \n DHS disagrees that the <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process finalized in this rule will complicate the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registration <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process or make outcomes harder to understand. USCIS is fully prepared to implement the <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process from an operational and technical perspective in time for the upcoming <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap season. DHS believes that the public has received sufficient notice of the <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process and that the parameters of the process have been"},{"title":"Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). DHS proposes to implement a weighted selection process that would generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher skilled and higher paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the Congressional intent for the H-1B program.","document_number":"2025-18473","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/24/2025-18473/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-24/pdf/2025-18473.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18473.pdf?1758631511","publication_date":"2025-09-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petitions (or <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). DHS proposes to implement a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process that would generally favor the allocation of <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> visas to higher skilled and higher paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> workers at all wage levels, to better serve the Congressional intent for the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program. \n \n \n DATES: \n Written comments on"},{"title":"Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to establish a $103,265 fee, payable at the time of filing, for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, which would be imposed in addition to all other applicable fees or payments. This fee would serve as a dedicated revenue mechanism to help recover a portion of the federal government's costs of administering the lawful immigration system, including activities carried out by DHS, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of State (DOS), and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).","document_number":"2026-17324","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17324/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17324.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17324.pdf?1787575526","publication_date":"2026-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"for the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petitions. Prospective petitioners seeking to file <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petitions, including for beneficiaries eligible for the advanced degree exemption, first must electronically register and pay the associated <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registration fee for each beneficiary.\n 96 \n \n Most recently, DHS implemented a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process that favors allocating <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> workers at all wage levels.\n 97 \n \n \n \n \n 96 \n  USCIS, “<span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Electronic"},{"title":"Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-19554","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/23/2026-19554/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-23/pdf/2026-19554.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-19554.pdf?1790090112","publication_date":"2026-09-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) to address systemic <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program concerns. On December 29, 2025, DHS published a final rule, titled <span class=\"match\">Weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">Selection</span> Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Petitions, 90 \n Fed. Reg. \n 60864 (DHS final rule), to address the policy goals consistent with section 4(b) of the 2025 Proclamation. Through this rule, DHS created and implemented a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process that prioritizes the allocation of visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions","type":"Notice","abstract":"This regulatory agenda is a summary of projected regulations, existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components. This agenda provides the public with information about DHS's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS expects that this information will enable the public to be more aware of, and effectively participate in, the Department's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS invites the public to submit comments on any aspect of this agenda.","document_number":"2026-16605","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16605/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16605.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16605.pdf?1786625114","publication_date":"2026-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"721-3000 \n RIN: 1615-AC85 \n 259. <span class=\"match\">WEIGHTED</span> <span class=\"match\">SELECTION</span> PROCESS FOR REGISTRANTS AND PETITIONERS SEEKING TO FILE CAP-SUBJECT <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> PETITIONS \n Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101,111, 112, and 202; 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b); 1103(a), 1182(n) and (p); 8 U.S.C. 1184(a), (c), (g), and (i); . . . \n Abstract: DHS is amending its regulations governing the process by which USCIS selects <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registrations for the filing of <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petitions subject to the numerical limitations under INA section 214(g), or the way in which USCIS selects <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petitions for any year in which"},{"title":"Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comments and public input regarding its proposal to revise Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regulations governing the prevailing wages for employment opportunities that United States (U.S.) employers seek to fill with alien workers on a permanent or temporary basis through certain EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based immigrant visas via the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program or through H-1B, H-1B1, or E-3 nonimmigrant visas. Specifically, DOL is proposing to amend its regulations governing the PERM program and Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) to incorporate changes to the computation of wage levels under the Department's four-tiered prevailing wage structure based on the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) wage survey administered by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These proposed revisions aim to better align prevailing wage levels with the wages paid to U.S. workers who are similarly employed in the occupation and area of intended employment. The Department's proposed revisions also seek to strengthen program integrity by reducing the incentive for employers to use these programs to replace, rather than supplement, U.S. workers by employing lower-paid alien workers. In addition, the revision would enable the Department to more effectively ensure that the employment of immigrant and nonimmigrant workers admitted or otherwise provided one of the covered statuses does not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers.","document_number":"2026-06017","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-06017/improving-wage-protections-for-the-temporary-and-permanent-employment-of-certain-foreign-nationals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-06017.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06017.pdf?1774529117","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"before filing the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petition (Form I-129, \n Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker \n ) with USCIS; however, employers can obtain an LCA prior to or after the USCIS registration lottery process. In December 2025, DHS finalized a rule establishing a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process based on offered wage levels for cap-subject <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registrations to favor higher-skilled, higher-paid aliens and strengthen program integrity.\n 40 \n \n \n \n \n 40 \n  \n See \n Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship &amp; Immigration Services, <span class=\"match\">Weighted</span> <span class=\"match\">Selection</span> Process for Registrants"},{"title":"Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing this interim final rule (IFR) to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers). Specifically, the Department is revising the methodology for determining the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for non-range occupations by using wage data reported for each U.S. state and territory by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey. For the vast majority of H-2A job opportunities, the Department will use OEWS survey data to establish AEWRs applicable to five Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes combining the most common field and livestock worker occupations previously measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Labor Survey (FLS), which covered six SOC codes. These AEWRs will be divided into two skill-based categories to account for wage differentials arising from qualifications contained in the employer's job offer. For all other occupations, the Department will use the OEWS survey to determine two skill-based AEWRs for each SOC code to reflect wage differentials. The threshold determination for assigning the SOC code(s) and applicable skill-based AEWR will be based on the duties performed for the majority of the workdays during the contract period and qualifications contained in the employer's job offer. Finally, to address differences in compensation between most U.S. workers and H-2A workers who receive employer-provided housing at no cost, the Department will implement a standard adjustment factor to the AEWR to account for this non-monetary compensation that employers will apply when compensating H-2A workers under temporary agricultural labor certifications.","document_number":"2025-19365","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19365/adverse-effect-wage-rate-methodology-for-the-temporary-employment-of-h-2a-nonimmigrants-in-non-range","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19365.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19365.pdf?1759263310","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"with experience, education, and the level of supervision.” Although this provision was enacted in the context of the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> temporary nonagricultural visa classification, and also applies to the PERM immigrant visa program, it is the only paragraph in Section 212(p) that does not reference any specific immigration programs to which it applies, and there is no legislative history indicating that it was meant to apply only to the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program. For more detailed information regarding the four skill levels utilized by the Department, please see \n Employment"},{"title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule adjusts the Employment-Based Immigration, Fifth Preference (EB-5) immigration benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It also codifies provisions of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, implements new statutory requirements, and addresses public comments received on the proposed fee rule published on October 23, 2025.","document_number":"2026-20016","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20016/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-30/pdf/2026-20016.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20016.pdf?1790685919","publication_date":"2026-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Account and IEFA funds for FDNS costs.\n \n \n \n \n 9 \n  Certain <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> fees are required by other laws. Revenue is shared among USCIS, DOL, and the National Science Foundation. USCIS receives 5 percent of these funds. USCIS uses the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account as supplemental funding for the limited <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petition and petition for immigrant worker adjudication activities authorized by statute. \n See \n 8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(5). The <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account does not fully fund the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program at USCIS. As such, USCIS also uses IEFA fees to administer"},{"title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to adjust Employment-Based Immigration, Fifth Preference (EB-5) immigration benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This rule also proposes to codify certain elements of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 and implement new statutory requirements. DHS intends for the rule to provide USCIS with the resources necessary to accomplish the goals of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 and enhance and maintain the integrity of the EB- 5 program.","document_number":"2025-19642","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/23/2025-19642/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-23/pdf/2025-19642.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19642.pdf?1761137106","publication_date":"2025-10-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Account and IEFA funds for FDNS costs.\n \n \n \n \n 15 \n  Certain <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> fees are required by other laws. Revenue is shared among USCIS, DOL, and the National Science Foundation. USCIS receives 5 percent of these funds. USCIS uses the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account as supplemental funding for the limited <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petition and petition for immigrant worker adjudication activities authorized by statute. \n See \n 8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(5). The <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account does not fully fund the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program at USCIS. As such, USCIS also uses IEFA fees to administer"},{"title":"Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations affecting temporary agricultural (H-2A) and temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers (H-2 programs) and their employers. This rulemaking is intended to better ensure the integrity of the H-2 programs and enhance protections for workers.","document_number":"2024-29353","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29353/modernizing-h-2-program-requirements-oversight-and-worker-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29353.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29353.pdf?1734443140","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"offered to <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> workers.\n 144 \n \n For example, if an <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> worker: (1) is a beneficiary of a petition seeking to extend their <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> status or change their nonimmigrant status; (2) indicates that they faced retaliatory action from their employer because they reported a labor condition application violation; and (3) lost or failed to maintain their <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> status related to such violation, USCIS may consider this situation to be an instance of “extraordinary circumstances” as defined by sections 8 CFR 214.1(c)(4) and 248.1(b). In addition, <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> workers normally"},{"title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by USCIS. This rule also provides additional fee exemptions for certain humanitarian categories and makes changes to certain other immigration benefit request requirements. USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that current fees do not recover the full cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. DHS is adjusting the fee schedule to fully recover costs and maintain adequate service. This final rule also responds to public comments received on the USCIS proposed fee schedule published on January 4, 2023.","document_number":"2024-01427","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/31/2024-01427/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-31/pdf/2024-01427.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01427.pdf?1706649317","publication_date":"2024-01-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"implementing the proposed <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registration fee, because it is unclear if the fee would go into effect before the next <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap lottery. \n • Reliance on application fees such as the one for the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registration generates perverse incentives. Because the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> lottery is random, many large firms sponsor more migrants than they need, and these factors cause the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> visa program to subsidize other areas of the immigration process. Because USCIS lacks the funding to promptly review applications, that distortion is tolerable since the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> visas are profitable"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Second Period Regional Haze Plan","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), dated August 11, 2022 (\"Haze Plan\" or \"2022 Plan\"), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the regional haze program's second planning period. Georgia's SIP submission addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies (LTS) for making reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas (hereinafter referred to as \"Class I areas\"). The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second planning period of the regional haze program. EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Act.","document_number":"2024-26977","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/21/2024-26977/air-plan-approval-georgia-second-period-regional-haze-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-21/pdf/2024-26977.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26977.pdf?1732110315","publication_date":"2024-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"basis for source <span class=\"match\">selection</span> must also be documented, as required by 40 CFR 51.308(f)(2)(iii). Thus, states must utilize a reasonable source <span class=\"match\">selection</span> methodology,\n 16 \n \n and whatever choices states make regarding source <span class=\"match\">selection</span> should be reasonably explained.\n 17 \n \n Georgia met these requirements. Specifically, Georgia discussed the criteria it used to determine which sources or groups of sources were evaluated by the State, including the use of AoI analysis, photochemical modeling (\n e.g., \n PSAT), and associated source <span class=\"match\">selection</span> thresholds for"},{"title":"Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule temporarily amends existing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that the automatic extension period applicable to expiring Employment Authorization Documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I- 765, Application for Employment Authorization (EAD application), will be increased from up to 180 days to up to 540 days from the expiration date stated on their EADs. DHS is taking these steps to help prevent renewal applicants from experiencing a lapse in their employment authorization and documentation.","document_number":"2024-07345","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/08/2024-07345/temporary-increase-of-the-automatic-extension-period-of-employment-authorization-and-documentation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-08/pdf/2024-07345.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07345.pdf?1712234733","publication_date":"2024-04-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"application form to request both employment authorization and an EAD.\n \n \n \n \n 12 \n  \n See \n 8 CFR 274a.13(a). For example, the spouse of an <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> worker may file an EAD application at the same time as their Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. \n See \n USCIS, DHS, “Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E Dependent Spouses,” \n https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/<span class=\"match\">h-1b</span>-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models/employment-authorization-for-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses \n (last visited Dec. 4, 2023)."},{"title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS conducted a comprehensive biennial fee review and determined that its costs have increased considerably since its previous fee adjustment due to expanded humanitarian programs, higher demand, increased processing times, and a need for more USCIS employees. USCIS cannot maintain adequate service levels with the effects of the budget cuts and its current level of spending without lasting impacts on operations. DHS proposes to adjust USCIS fees, add new fees for certain benefit requests, establish distinct fees for petitions for nonimmigrant workers, and limit the number of beneficiaries on certain forms. DHS is also proposing additional fee exemptions for certain humanitarian categories and changes to certain other immigration benefit request requirements. If DHS does not adjust USCIS fees it will not have the resources it needs to provide adequate service to applicants and petitioners or be able to keep pace with incoming benefit request workload, and USCIS processing times and backlogs will not improve. DHS intends for this rulemaking to provide the funding required for USCIS to improve service levels.","document_number":"2022-27066","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/04/2022-27066/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-04/pdf/2022-27066.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-27066.pdf?1672753513","publication_date":"2023-01-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Processing for All <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Petitions,” available at \n https://www.uscis.gov/archive/uscis-will-temporarily-suspend-premium-processing-all-<span class=\"match\">h-1b</span>-petitions \n (last updated March 3, 2017); \n see also \n “USCIS Will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Cap Petitions,” available at \n https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-will-temporarily-suspend-premium-processing-fiscal-year-2019-<span class=\"match\">h-1b</span>-cap-petitions \n (last updated March 20, 2018).\n \n \n \n \n 296 \n  \n See \n USCIS, “USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> Cap Petitions"},{"title":"Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this final rule, the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) updates regulations issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. As the first comprehensive regulatory review in nearly 40 years, revisions to these regulations will promote compliance, provide appropriate and updated guidance, and enhance their usefulness in the modern economy.","document_number":"2023-17221","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/23/2023-17221/updating-the-davis-bacon-and-related-acts-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-23/pdf/2023-17221.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-17221.pdf?1691698521","publication_date":"2023-08-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"2, and in § 1.7, the scope of data considered to identify the prevailing wage in a given area. To address the overuse of <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> average rates, the Department returns to the definition of “prevailing wage” in § 1.2 that it used from 1935 to 1983.\n 16 \n \n Currently, a wage rate may be identified as prevailing in the area only if it is paid to a majority of workers in a classification on the wage survey; otherwise, a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> average is used. The Department returns instead to the “three-step” method that was in effect before 1983. Under that method"},{"title":"Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for the filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended), by generally first selecting registrations based on the highest Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) prevailing wage level that the proffered wage equals or exceeds for the relevant Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code and area(s) of intended employment.","document_number":"2021-00183","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/08/2021-00183/modification-of-registration-requirement-for-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b-petitions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-08/pdf/2021-00183.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-00183.pdf?1610027146","publication_date":"2021-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"214(g)(5), 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5).\n \n \n F. Current <span class=\"match\">Selection</span> Process \n DHS implemented the current <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> registration process by regulation after determining that it could introduce a cost-saving, innovative solution to facilitate the <span class=\"match\">selection</span> of <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petitions toward the annual numerical allocations. Under the current <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process, all petitioners seeking to file an <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petition must first electronically submit a registration for each beneficiary on whose behalf they seek to file an <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap-subject petition, unless USCIS suspends"},{"title":"Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) proposes to amend its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement will be suspended), by generally first selecting registrations based on the highest Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) prevailing wage level that the proffered wage equals or exceeds for the relevant Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code and area(s) of intended employment. This proposed rule would not affect the order of selection as between the regular cap and the advanced degree exemption. The wage level ranking would occur first for the regular cap selection and then for the advanced degree exemption. Rote ordering of petitions leads to impossible results because petitions are submitted simultaneously. A random lottery system is reasonable, but inconsiderate of Congress's statutory purposes for the H-1B program and its administration. Instead, a registration system that faithfully implements the INA while prioritizing registrations based on wage level within each cap would increase the average and median wage levels of H-1B beneficiaries who would be selected for further processing under the H-1B allocations. Moreover, it would maximize H-1B cap allocations, so that they more likely would go to the best and brightest workers.","document_number":"2020-24259","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/02/2020-24259/modification-of-registration-requirement-for-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b-petitions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-11-02/pdf/2020-24259.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-24259.pdf?1603988124","publication_date":"2020-11-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"requirement for the FY 2021 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process, petitioners submitted an annual average of 211,797 \n \n cap-subject <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> petitions over FYs 2016 through 2020. The number of registrations submitted for the FY 2021 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process, however, was 274,273. Because the number of registrations submitted for the FY 2021 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process was significantly higher than the number of petitions submitted in prior years, DHS will use the total number of registrations submitted for the FY 2021 <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> cap <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process as the population"},{"title":"Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending DHS premium processing regulations to codify statutory changes made by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (Continuing Appropriations Act). The Continuing Appropriations Act included the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act (USCIS Stabilization Act), which amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by modifying U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) authority to provide premium processing services and to establish and collect premium processing fees for those services. This rule amends DHS premium processing regulations by updating the regulations to include the fees established by the USCIS Stabilization Act for immigration benefit requests that were designated for premium processing on August 1, 2020, and establishing new fees and processing timeframes consistent with section 4102(b) of the USCIS Stabilization Act.","document_number":"2022-06742","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/30/2022-06742/implementation-of-the-emergency-stopgap-uscis-stabilization-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-30/pdf/2022-06742.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-06742.pdf?1648557936","publication_date":"2022-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"establishing periods of pendency or specific filing dates necessary for phasing-in expanded premium processing for immigration benefit requests or delaying receipt dates for those immigration benefit requests subject to a numerical limitation (or cap) to determine whether a random <span class=\"match\">selection</span> process (or lottery) may be necessary and to complete such process when required. The use of such prerequisites and conditions is consistent with established USCIS premium processing practices as they existed prior to the USCIS Stabilization Act.\n \n \n \n 44 \n  \n See \n 8 CFR"},{"title":"Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers) and enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. These regulations are consistent with the Secretary of Labor's (Secretary) statutory responsibility to certify that there are not sufficient able, willing, and qualified workers available to fill the petitioning employer's job opportunity, and that the employment of H-2A workers in that job opportunity will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the United States similarly employed. Among the issues addressed in this final rule are improving the minimum standards and conditions of employment that employers must offer to workers; expanding the Department's authority to use enforcement tools, such as program debarment for substantial violations of program requirements; modernizing the process by which the Department receives and processes employers' job orders and applications for temporary agricultural labor certifications, including the recruitment of United States workers (U.S. workers); and revising the standards and procedures for determining the prevailing wage rate. This final rule will strengthen protections for workers, modernize and simplify the H- 2A application and temporary labor certification process, and ease regulatory burdens on employers.","document_number":"2022-20506","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/12/2022-20506/temporary-agricultural-employment-of-h-2a-nonimmigrants-in-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-10-12/pdf/2022-20506.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-20506.pdf?1665060317","publication_date":"2022-10-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"and proposed a slightly modified version of the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> definition.\n \n \n The Department declines to adopt the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> definition of “place of employment” for the H-2A program because doing so would be a major change that commenters and stakeholders generally could not have anticipated as an outcome of the rulemaking, thus warranting additional public notice and opportunity for comment. Additionally, the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> definition of “place of employment” is tailored to the specialty occupations eligible for the <span class=\"match\">H-1B</span> program, and this definition is not easily retrofitted"},{"title":"Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) proposes to amend regulations issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts that set forth rules for the administration and enforcement of the Davis-Bacon labor standards that apply to Federal and federally assisted construction projects. As the first comprehensive regulatory review in nearly 40 years, the Department believes that revisions to these regulations are needed to provide greater clarity and enhance their usefulness in the modern economy.","document_number":"2022-05346","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/18/2022-05346/updating-the-davis-bacon-and-related-acts-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-18/pdf/2022-05346.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-05346.pdf?1647521113","publication_date":"2022-03-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"§ 1.7, to the scope of data considered to identify the prevailing wage in a given area. To address the overuse of <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> average rates, the Department proposes to return to the definition of “prevailing wage” in § 1.2 that it used from 1935 to 1983.\n 13 \n \n Currently, a single wage rate may be identified as prevailing in the area only if it is paid to a majority of workers in a classification on the wage survey; otherwise a <span class=\"match\">weighted</span> average is used. The Department proposes to return instead to the “three-step” method that was in effect before 1983"}]}