SEASONAL Act

3.0.0 2705 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z Senate S S 2023-07-27 118 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-27T23:48:00Z 2023-07-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3766-3767) IntroReferral 2023-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-07-27 True R000618 Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] Pete Ricketts R NE 2023-07-27 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2023-07-27 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2023-09-12 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2023-09-12 False Immigration Immigration 2023-09-21T18:45:22Z

00 2023-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2024-07-17T21:46:36Z State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor Act or the SEASONAL ActThis bill authorizes additional H-2B (temporary nonagricultural worker) visas to be issued to employers in a state with unmet labor needs. (H-2B visas are subject to an annual numerical cap.) Under the bill, a state may request a particular number of H-2B visas if (1) employers have requested visas in excess of the numerical cap for that fiscal year, and (2) a state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has been 3.5% or less (in 9 of the most recent 12 quarters). The state must also certify that (1) there is a persistent, unmet need for labor within the state, an occupational category, or an Economic Development District; and (2) the additional H-2B visas will not displace existing members of the state’s workforce or negatively affect average wages. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must issue the additional H-2B visas upon receiving a request that complies with this bill's requirements, to the extent that the receiving employers meet all the applicable requirements for such visas. Additionally, the bill requires DHS and the Department of Labor to annually report to Congress specified data about the bill's implementation, including the number of additional visas issued to each state. The bill sunsets four years after its enactment.

SEASONAL Act Display Title 45 SEASONAL Act 2024-07-24T15:20:39Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor Act 2024-05-24T13:37:04Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SEASONAL Act 2024-05-24T13:37:04Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to grant States the authority to request additional nonimmigrant visas for foreign workers in their respective States, and for other purposes. 2023-08-23T01:58:55Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2705is/xml/BILLS-118s2705is.xml 2023-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3766-3767) 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.