S.Amdt. 1431

SA 1431. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. INFORMATION REGARDING H-2B VISA ISSUANCE.

The Secretary of Homeland Security may not authorize any
official of the Department of Homeland Security to travel to
any conference or symposium until after the Secretary--
(1) has submitted to Congress, and made publicly
available--
(A) the methodology used to determine when the numerical
limitation on H-2B visas set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B))
has been reached for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015,
including the number of petitions for such status that had
been accepted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at
the time such determination was made; and
(B) the number of petitions for H-2B visas that had been
received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for
fiscal year 2015--
(i) on or before March 5, 2015;
(ii) on or before March 17, 2015; and
(iii) on or before March 26, 2015;
(2) has conducted a study that confirms the efficacy of the
methodology used by the Department of Homeland Security to
determine whether the numerical limitation referred to in
paragraph (1) has been reached;
(3) submits a report to Congress information that
contains--
(A) information about any investigations or lawsuits
regarding the methodology described in paragraph (2);
(B) any revisions made to such methodology during the past
10 fiscal years;
(C) contemporaneous work product establishing how the
numerical limitation referred to in paragraph (1) was
calculated during the past 10 fiscal years;
(D) a complete statement of the methodology for determining
when the H-2B visa cap is reached for a fiscal year; and
(E) the number of ``target beneficiaries'' for the first 6
months and for the last 6 months of fiscal year 2015.
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