1.    Please click on the appropriate link below, set up by the National Association of Landscape Professionals, to send a letter to your Representative and two Senators urging them to support the Tillis/Harris H-2B cap relief package in a final Department of Homeland Security Spending bill. Please also share these links with your colleagues and encourage them to respond. 

SEND A LETTER AS AN EMPLOYER

SEND A LETTER AS AN EMPLOYEE

Background:

Congress is the process of negotiating a final Fiscal 2019 Department of Homeland Security Spending bill. This legislation must be completed by December 21, in order to avoid a government shut down.  We need Congress to include H-2B cap relief in this legislation and we need your help to make sure that happens.

A group of lawmakers including Senators Tillis (R-NC) and Rounds (R-SD) and Rep. Harris (R-MD) have negotiated an H-2B package that would:

·     Permanently double the annual H-2B cap to 132,000 visas and require the Department of Labor to report to Congress every two years about whether or not the cap should be increased or decreased based on economic need;

·     Allow some agricultural related industries to access the uncapped H-2A program, including forestry and conservation-related services relating primarily to the cultivation, installation, and establishment of horticultural commodities;

·     Provide for proportional and quarterly allocations of H-2B visa so that businesses have access to workers regardless of their dates of need; 

·     Preserve access to the program for compliant seasonal employers;

·     Provide access to needed temporary workers involved in disaster and recovery efforts;

·     Increase fines and penalties for bad actors;

·     Require employers who use the program to verify the work eligibly of recently hired and newly hired employees; and 

·     Eliminate the costly newspaper advertising requirement and replace it with a requirement to list jobs through an online Department of Labor job registry.

Regards,
Your H-2B Workforce Co-Chairs
Laurie Flanagan, representing the AmericanHort and the National Association of Landscape Professionals
Gregg Hartley, representing the Outdoor Amusement Business Association
Brian Crawford, American Hotel and Lodging Association

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