3.0.0 2658 2022-02-08T23:19:29Z 2022-02-08T23:19:29Z House HR 2019-05-09 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WITTMAN:H.R. 2658.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clauses 3, 4 and 11-16.[Page H3681]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2019-06-26T19:18:31Z Referred to 2019-05-09T14:00:48Z 2019-06-26 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Committee 2019-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 N H001052 Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] Andy Harris R MD 1 2020-02-03 False L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 2020-05-15 False Immigration Appropriations Food industry and services Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Seafood Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in House 2020-01-03T15:38:08Z Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019

This bill exempts certain H-2B visas from the annual cap of 66,000 on such visas. The exemption applies to H-2B visas issued to nonimmigrant aliens for employment (1) on a commercial fishing vessel or shrimp trawler; or (2) in the processing of fish, baitfish, or fishery products. (An H-2B visa is for an alien entering the United States to perform nonagricultural temporary labor, where the alien has no intention of abandoning the alien's residence in a foreign country.)

]]> Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 Display Title Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to provide for the inclusion of certain workers in the exemption from numerical limitations on H-2B workers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2658ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2658ih.xml 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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.