[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 988

 To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers 
         from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 2007

 Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Levin, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Gregg, Ms. Collins, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
   Sununu, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers 
         from the numerical limitations for 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 ``Save Our Small and Seasonal 
Businesses Act of 2007''.

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 been present in the United States as an H-
2B nonimmigrant during any 1 of the 3 fiscal years immediately 
preceding the fiscal year of the approved start date of a petition for 
a nonimmigrant worker described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) shall 
not be counted toward such limitation for the fiscal year in which the 
petition is approved. Such alien shall be considered a returning 
worker.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective during the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 2007.
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