This bill creates a new temporary work category for mobile entertainment workers. It sets rules for their admission and defines the types of work and providers covered.
Who this affects
Traveling carnival companies · Circus companies · Workers · Fair and festival organizers
What changes is this bill making?
1Adds a new nonimmigrant category for mobile entertainment workers, allowing them to enter the United States temporarily to work for traveling carnivals and circuses.
2Specifies eligible job duties such as transporting, setting up, operating, disassembling, and maintaining rides, games, and food concessions.
3Applies the same labor program requirements that govern some temporary nonagricultural foreign workers.
4Defines a mobile entertainment provider as a carnival, circus, or affiliated service provider that travels seasonally to fairs, festivals, and nonprofit fundraising events.
5Requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor to publish proposed rules within 180 days and finalize them within one year.
