3.0.0 278 2022-02-03T05:25:28Z 2022-02-03T05:25:28Z Senate S S 2005-02-03 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-03T19:36:31Z 2005-02-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-02-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S982-983) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Congress Congressional reporting requirements Labor and Employment Labor statistics Seasonal labor Temporary employment Visas Wages Immigration 00 2005-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-14T18:29:34Z Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that no less than 12,000 of the total H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) available for any fiscal year (currently, up to 66,000) must be made available in each quarter of such year. States that an alien counted toward the numerical limitations applicable to such visas within the three years prior to the approval of a petition for an H-2B temporary worker shall not be counted again toward such limitations. Makes this provision effective as if enacted on October 1, 2004. Provides for its expiration on October 1, 2007.

Amends the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate information regarding: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis.

]]> Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005 Display Title Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B non-immigrants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s278is/xml/BILLS-109s278is.xml 2005-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.