Beltway Buzz, June 18, 2026

Short summary

The Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is temporarily back in effect pending an appellate court decision. The EEOC is preparing to propose eliminating EEO-1 diversity reporting, while Teamsters president Sean O'Brien won major labor policy victories including labor secretary appointments and bipartisan support for the Faster Labor Contracts Act. The Senate also advanced a bill creating federal regulation of college athletics.

• •H-1B visa fee appeal temporarily restores $100K fee collection
• •EEOC preparing to eliminate EEO-1 workplace diversity reporting requirement
• •Teamsters leader wins labor policy victories including secretary appointments

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