ETA Unified Agenda Entries

Issued December 3, 2001.

ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES FOR IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION [Completed Actions]

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: Not yet determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Assuming Congress provides the required authorization, the 
regulation would establish a new fee charged to employers for 
processing of alien labor certification applications. The user fee 
would be a government receipt and would be applied to Federal and State 
expenditures for Federal and State program administration in the State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service account and the Program 
Operations Account in DOL's Employment and Training Administration 
(ETA).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn                       08/21/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: The base funding of ETA immigration programs 
has been reduced by 30 percent since FY 1995. The fee proceeds would be 
used to offset the costs of administering the alien labor certification 
program at the State and Regional levels. ETA has worked with the 
States and Regional Offices and reduced the number of queued cases from 
92,000 to 66,000 at the State level. The number of cases on the 
Regional level is 21,000. However, there was a one time reinstatement 
of section 245(i) as part of the LIFE legislation and this increased 
the queued permanent cases by 235,000 applications over the 60,000 
permanent applications received in FY 2001. The regular appropriation, 
plus the user fees, will be necessary to work off the cases in the 
pipeline and become current.

Agency Contact: Dale Ziegler, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor 
Certification, Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C4318, FP Building, 
Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2942
Fax: 202 693-2760
Email: dziegler@doleta.gov

RIN: 1205-AB14

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