OL-2026-000060 · T0_ANNOUNCED · STATUTORY_RULE_MONITORING

[2024-29354] Homeland Security Department: Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers

Name: OL-2026-000060: [2024-29354] Homeland Security Department: Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers
Creator: Outcome Ledger
Published: 2024-12-18
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Federal Register Rule 2024-29354 issued by Homeland Security Department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this final rule to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add benefits and flexibilities, and improve integrity measures. These provisions mainly amend the regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers, although some of the provisions narrowly impact other nonimmigrant classifications, including: H-2, H-3, F-1, L-1, O, P, Q-1, R-1, E-3, and TN.

JSON Twin (/record/OL-2026-000060.json) LLM Markdown (/record/OL-2026-000060.md) Primary Statutory Source (www.federalregister.gov)

Cryptographic Primary-Source Provenance

Canonical ID

OL-2026-000060

Entity & Jurisdiction

Homeland Security Department (US-Federal)

T+0 Statutory Date

2024-12-18 (Recorded 2026-11-15T04:22:17Z)

Raw Payload SHA-256

b5511750c0f84b6c3c145ece867b47dace98f409643981217d990c82f0b1fc8a

Verified Verbatim Excerpt: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this final rule to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add benefits and flexibilities, and improve integrity measures. These provisions mainly amend the regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation”

Cross-Silo Join Identifiers (Dark Keys) & Quantitative Parameters

document_type

Rule

federal_register_doc_number

2024-29354

pdf_url

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29354.pdf

agency_count

1

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Bi-Temporal State & Revision Ledger

Observed UTC	Delta Type	Payload Hash	Audit Note
`2026-11-15T04:22:17Z`	INITIAL_CAPTURE	`b5511750c0f84b`	Initial notarized capture from www.federalregister.gov (SHA-256 b5511750c0f8).

Deterministic Time-Capsule Probes (T+90 / T+180 / T+365 / T+1095)

Milestone	Scheduled Date	Probe State	Verification Notes
T+180	`2026-11-16`	PENDING	Scheduled automatic statutory re-verification
T+90	`2026-11-16`	PENDING	Scheduled automatic statutory re-verification
T+365	`2026-11-22`	PENDING	Scheduled automatic statutory re-verification
T+1095	`2027-12-18`	PENDING	Scheduled automatic statutory re-verification

Canonical Citation (CC-BY-4.0)

@misc{ol_2026_000060,
  title = {OL-2026-000060: [2024-29354] Homeland Security Department: Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers},
  author = {{Outcome Ledger}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {\url{https://outcomeledger.org/record/OL-2026-000060/}},
  note = {Primary payload SHA-256: b5511750c0f84b6c3c145ece867b47dace98f409643981217d990c82f0b1fc8a}
}