[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1627 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1627

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reinstate the returning 
        worker exemption for H-2B visas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2017

  Mr. Bergman (for himself and Mr. Keating) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reinstate the returning 
        worker exemption for H-2B visas, 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 ``Small Business Assistance Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. RETURNING WORKER EXEMPTION.

    (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 
``during fiscal year 2013, 2014, or 2015 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during fiscal year 2016'' and inserting the 
following: ``during fiscal year 2014, 2015, or 2016 shall not again be 
counted toward such limitation during fiscal year 2017''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2016.
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