[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4207 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4207

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

                            November 1, 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 and Seasonal Business Relief 
Act''.

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 to read as follows:
    ``(9)(A)(i) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an alien who has 
already been counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph 
(1)(B) during fiscal year 2016 or 2017 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during fiscal year 2018. Such an alien shall be 
considered a returning worker.
    ``(ii) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an alien who has 
already been counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph 
(1)(B) during fiscal year 2018 or 2019 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during the next fiscal year. Such an 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, 2017.
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