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