[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 518 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 518

  To authorize the issuance of H<INF>2</INF>O nonimmigrant visas for 
aliens temporarily performing labor in the seafood processing industry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2013

  Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the issuance of H<INF>2</INF>O nonimmigrant visas for 
aliens temporarily performing labor in the seafood processing industry.

    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 ``H<INF>2</INF>O Visa for Seafood 
Processing Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF H<INF>2</INF>O NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR SEAFOOD 
              PROCESSING INDUSTRY.

    (a) Technical Amendments; Availability of H<INF>2</INF>O 
Nonimmigrant Visas for Aliens Working in Seafood Processing Industry.--
Section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``an alien (i) (b) subject'' and 
                inserting the following ``an alien--
                            ``(i)(b) subject'';
                    (B) in subclause (b), by striking ``section 
                212(n)(1), or'' and inserting ``section 212(n)(1);'';
                    (C) in subclause (b1), by striking ``section 
                212(t)(1), or'' and inserting ``section 212(t)(1);''; 
                and
                    (D) in subclause (c), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end; and
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (a), by striking ``nature, or'' 
                and inserting ``nature;'';
                    (B) in subclause (b), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(o) having a residence in a foreign 
                        country, which the alien has no intention of 
                        abandoning, who is coming temporarily to the 
                        United States to perform labor in the seafood 
                        processing industry; or''.
    (b) State Consultation Requirement.--Section 212(a)(5)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``Attorney General'' and 
        inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) Seafood processing.--The Secretary of 
                        Labor may not make a certification under clause 
                        (i) with respect to the seafood processing 
                        industry without first consulting with the 
                        governor and the labor commissioner of the 
                        State in which the alien is to perform such 
                        labor.''.
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