[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3013 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3013

   To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish 
  processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2023

Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
  Cardin, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish 
  processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROCESSORS FROM THE 
              NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON H-2B NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

    (a) In General.--Section 214(g)(10) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The numerical limitations of paragraph 
        (1)(B)'' and inserting ``(A) The numerical limitation under 
        paragraph (1)(B)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B)(i) The numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B) shall not 
apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or otherwise provided 
status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) who is employed (or has 
received an offer of employment)--
            ``(I) as a fish roe processor, a fish roe technician, or a 
        supervisor of fish roe processing; or
            ``(II) as a fish processor.
    ``(ii) As used in clause (i)--
            ``(I) the term `fish' means fresh or saltwater finfish, 
        mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal 
        life, including the roe of such animals, other than marine 
        mammals and birds; and
            ``(II) the term `processor' means any person engaged in the 
        processing of fish, including handling, storing, preparing, 
        heading, eviscerating, shucking, freezing, changing into 
        different market forms, manufacturing, preserving, packing, 
        labeling, dockside unloading, holding, and all other processing 
        activities.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 14006 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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