[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 25 (Saturday, February 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S832]
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  SA 1597. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of 
veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished 
through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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