I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 798 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the exception for returning workers permanent, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 25, 2019 Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the exception for returning workers permanent, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Returning Worker Ac- 4 countability Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. RETURNING WORKER EXCEPTION MADE PERMA- 6 NENT. 7 Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nation- 8 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended by striking 9 ‘‘who has already been counted toward the numerical limi- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H798.IH H798 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 798 IH tation of paragraph (1)(B) during fiscal year 2013, 2014, 1 or 2015 shall not again be counted toward such limitation 2 during fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘shall not be count- 3 ed toward the numerical limitation of paragraph (1)(B) 4 for a fiscal year if that alien has already been counted 5 toward such limitation during any of the 3 fiscal years 6 immediately preceding that fiscal year’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H798.IH H798 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS