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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1292 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors |
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| 6 | 6 | | from the numerical limitation on H–2B nonimmigrant visas. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | URKOWSKI(for herself, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. VANHOLLEN, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. K |
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| 12 | 12 | | ENNEDY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. TILLIS, and Ms. ALSOBROOKS) intro- |
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| 13 | 13 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working |
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| 17 | 17 | | as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H– |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2B nonimmigrant visas. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Seafood 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 1292 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROC-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ESSORS FROM THE NUMERICAL LIMITATION 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ON H–2B NONIMMIGRANT VISAS. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 214(g)(10) of the Immi-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)) is 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) by striking ‘‘The numerical limitations of 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | paragraph (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The numer-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ical limitation under paragraph (1)(B)’’; and 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(B)(i) The numerical limitation under paragraph 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1)(B) shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | a visa or otherwise provided status under section 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) who is employed (or has received an 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | offer of employment)— 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(I) as a fish roe processor, a fish roe techni-16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cian, or a supervisor of fish roe processing; or 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(II) as a fish processor. 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(ii) As used in clause (i)— 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(I) the term ‘fish’ means fresh or saltwater 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | aquatic animal life, including the roe of such ani-22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | mals, other than marine mammals and birds; and 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(II) the term ‘processor’— 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(aa) means any person engaged in the 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | processing of fish, including handling, storing, 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •S 1292 IS |
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| 57 | 57 | | preparing, heading, eviscerating, shucking, 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | freezing, changing into different market forms, 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | manufacturing, preserving, packing, labeling, 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | dockside unloading, holding, and all other proc-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | essing activities; and 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(bb) does not include any person engaged 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | in— 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(AA) harvesting or transporting fish 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | or fishery products without otherwise en-9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | gaging in processing; 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(BB) practices such as heading, evis-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | cerating, or freezing intended solely to pre-12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | pare a fish for holding on board a harvest 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | vessel; or 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(CC) operating a retail establish-15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ment.’’. 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (b) R |
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| 74 | 74 | | EPEAL.—Section 14006 of the Department of 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287) 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | is repealed. 19 |
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