[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2727. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
Kennedy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROCESSORS 
                   FROM THE NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON H-2B 
                   NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Save 
     Our Seafood Act''.
       (b) 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'--
       ``(aa) 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; and
       ``(bb) does not include any person engaged in--
       ``(AA) harvesting or transporting fish or fishery products 
     without otherwise engaging in processing;
       ``(BB) practices such as heading, eviscerating, or freezing 
     intended solely to prepare a fish for holding on board a 
     harvest vessel; or
       ``(CC) operating a retail establishment.''.
       (c) Repeal.--Section 14006 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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