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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019 </strong></p> <p>This bill exempts from the annual cap on nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural services) all returning workers who were already counted toward such cap during any of the preceding three fiscal years. </p> </p>]]></text>
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