Sec. 108. Regulations; effective date; report
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The Secretary and Secretary of State shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe regulations to implement this title and develop policies and procedures to enforce the provisions of this title. The provisions of this title shall be effective upon the promulgation of the final regulations described in subsection
(a)and shall apply to foreign labor contracting activity taking place on or after the effective date. Not later than one year after the effective date, and annually for each of the following four years, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate Congressional committees a report that includes the following information for the preceding year: Regarding complaints filed pursuant to section 107(a)— the number filed, both in total and broken out by visa category of the complaining worker; the number that were held to be time-barred; the number that resulted in a determination by the Secretary of a material violation of the requirements of this title, and a general description of the types of violations encountered during the year; and the total number of final orders issued by the Secretary granting relief to a complaining worker, a general description of the types of remedies that were granted, and a general description of compensatory damages awarded during the year (including the range and the average of damages provided, both in total and broken out by visa category of the complaining worker). Regarding the registration of third-party foreign labor recruiters pursuant to section 104: the number of applications received, both in total and by country; the number of certifications granted, both in total and by country; the number of certifications refused, both in total and by country; and the number of certifications revoked, both in total and by country. For purposes of this section, appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House; and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.