Proposed Rule2024-03187
Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign Workers in the United States; Modernizing Schedule A To Include Consideration of Additional Occupations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Non-STEM Occupations
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Published
February 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
On December 21, 2023, ETA published a Request for Information (RFI), titled "Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign Workers in the United States; Modernizing Schedule A To Include Consideration of Additional Occupations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Non-STEM Occupations." The period for submitting public comments is being extended to May 13, 2024, to allow stakeholders additional time to comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11788-11789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03187]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 656
[Docket No. ETA-2023-0006]
RIN 1205-AC16
Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign Workers
in the United States; Modernizing Schedule A To Include Consideration
of Additional Occupations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) and Non-STEM Occupations
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for information; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 21, 2023, ETA published a Request for Information
(RFI), titled ``Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign
Workers in the United States; Modernizing Schedule A To Include
Consideration of Additional Occupations in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Non-STEM Occupations.'' The
period for submitting public comments is being extended to May 13,
2024, to allow stakeholders additional time to comment.
DATES: The comment period for the RFI published in the Federal Register
on December 21, 2023 (88 FR 88290), is extended. Submit comments to the
RFI and other information by May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments electronically by the
following method:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions on the website for submitting comments.
<bullet> Instructions: Include the docket number ETA-2023-0006 in
your comments. All comments received will be posted without change to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Please do not include any personally
identifiable or confidential business information you do not want
publicly disclosed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Pasternak, Administrator, Office
of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, N-5311, Washington, DC
20210; Telephone (202) 513-7350 (this is not a toll-free number). For
persons with a hearing or speech disability who need assistance to use
the telephone system, please dial 711 to access telecommunications
relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2023, ETA published an RFI
titled, ``Labor Certification for Permanent Employment of Foreign
Workers in the United States; Modernizing Schedule A To Include
Consideration of Additional Occupations in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Non-STEM Occupations.'' 88 FR
88290. In the RFI, ETA invited public comment on ``evaluating the
utility of expanding Schedule A to include STEM occupations, the
Department invites the public to provide input on the appropriate data
sources and methods for determining whether labor shortages exist,
whether Schedule A should be used to alleviate any labor shortages in
STEM occupations should it be determined from these data sources and
methods that such shortages exist, and if so, how the Department could
establish a reliable, objective, and transparent methodology for
identifying STEM occupations that are experiencing labor shortages.''
The RFI further invited the public to answer a number of questions in
their responses that would assist ETA in making this evaluation.
The public comment period for this RFI was to conclude on February
20, 2024, 60 days after publication of the RFI. To date, ETA has
received a very limited number of comments, many of which do not
provide the information requested or address the questions raised in
the RFI. In addition, ETA received a request from a stakeholder for an
extension of the public comment period (Document ID ETA-2023-0006-
0035). ETA agrees to an extension of the public comment period and
believes that an extension until May 13, 2024, is sufficient and
appropriate to balance the
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agency's need for timely and robust input and to satisfy the
stakeholder's request. Accordingly, the comment period for this RFI is
being extended and will now conclude on May 13, 2024.
Brent Parton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training,
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-03187 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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