[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5495 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5495

  To extend for one year the exemption of returning workers from the 
           numerical limitations for H-2B temporary workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2008

 Mr. Gerlach introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend for one year the exemption of returning workers from the 
           numerical limitations for H-2B temporary workers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Relief for America's Small and 
Seasonal Businesses Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RETURNING WORKER EXEMPTION TO H-2B NUMERICAL 
              LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ``an 
alien who has already been counted toward the numerical limitation of 
paragraph (1)(B) during fiscal year 2004, 2005, or 2006 shall not again 
be counted toward such limitation during fiscal year 2007.'' and 
inserting ``an alien who has already, during any 1 of the 3 preceding 
fiscal years, been counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph 
(1)(B) shall not again be counted toward such limitation during fiscal 
year 2008.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.
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