[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3024 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3024

 To create a special class of H-2A workers who may be admitted to work 
       as sheepherders or dairy workers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2011

 Mr. Hanna (for himself and Ms. Hochul) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To create a special class of H-2A workers who may be admitted to work 
       as sheepherders or dairy workers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR DAIRY WORKERS AND SHEEPHERDERS.

    Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) is amended by inserting after 
``abandoning'' the following: ``who is coming temporarily to the United 
States to perform agricultural labor or services as a sheepherder or 
dairy worker, or''.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULE FOR PERIOD OF ADMISSION OF H-2A NONIMMIGRANTS 
              EMPLOYED AS SHEEPHERDERS OR DAIRY WORKERS.

    Section 218(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1188(h)) is amended by adding at the end of the following:
            ``(3) In the case of an alien admitted as an H-2A worker 
        for employment as a sheepherder of dairy worker--
                    ``(A) the initial period of admission shall be for 
                a period of 3 years;
                    ``(B) the period of admission may be extended for 
                additional periods of 3 years; and
                    ``(C) no period of absence from the United States 
                may be required as a condition of approval of an 
                extension under subparagraph (B).''.
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