Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Labor, Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H705E94272A5A4E60A14DDDB868340966: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2026.
- Section H5F868BAA7EB04FEEBA096FC2159D5B7F: 2. Numerical limitations for H–2B nonimmigrants based on economic need Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended— by...
- Section H9DD8D57483B947DFBFEEBED70398FED5: 3. Increased sanctions for willful misrepresentation or failure to meet the requirements for petitioning for an H–2B worker Section 214 of the Immigration and...
- Section H08630C7D0D204F5BAF4779A2B4F6B840: 4. Workplace safety If an employer is seeking to employ an H–2B worker pursuant to this Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.),...
- Section HA64100E461AF481EB62C11A66945A15F: 5. Foreign labor recruiting; prohibition on fees If an employer has engaged any foreign labor contractor or recruiter (or any agent of such a foreign labor...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Labor, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This bill, Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Mr. Bergman (for himself, Ms. Scholten, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any employee who is— a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)))
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