Sheila Jackson Lee: “I am pleased to support H.R. 3636, the ``Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act'', also known as the…”

“I am pleased to support H.R. 3636, the ``Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act'', also known as the O-VISA Act. H.R. 3636 is an important bill that supports the need and aim for comprehensive immigration reform and strengthens the role of the labor unions in the O-lB consultation process. H.R. 3636 would strengthen the role of the labor unions in the O-1B consultation process by amending the ``Immigration and Nationality Act'' to require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide a copy of the O-1B petition decision to the labor union that was consulted as part of the petition process for a foreign artists and performers seeking to work in the United States. This bill would also require an annual report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enumerating the adjudicative outcomes of O-1B petitions with a focus on the relationship between the USCIS decision and the recommendation provided in the labor union consultation. Although H.R.…”