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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:H.R. 401.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3, 4 and 11-16.[Page H224]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021 </b></p> <p>This bill establishes that nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) issued for landscaping or grounds keeping workers shall not count against the annual cap on such visas. The bill also eliminates an existing statutory exemption to the H-2B annual cap for visas for fish roe processing workers.</p>]]></text>
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