[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1786. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Trust Fund, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 426, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

     SEC. 552. 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     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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