[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1136 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1136

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2009

 Mr. Stupak (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. 
  Costa, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
   Bishop of New York, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Platts, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. 
  Pomeroy, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
 Ehlers, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Rothman of New 
 Jersey, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, 
   Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Welch, Ms. 
  Bordallo, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Israel, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
   McGovern, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
Kennedy, Mr. Cao, Mr. Kind, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. 
   Carney) introduced the following bill; which was 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 2009''.

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 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2008.
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