Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-4207
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-01
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Temporary and part-time employment

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt returning workers from the nonimmigrant H-2B visa (temporary nonagricultural services) annual numerical limitations: (1) through FY2018 for those individuals already counted toward such limitation in FY2016 or FY2017, and (2) during the next fiscal year for those individuals already counted toward such limitation in FY2018 or FY2019. </p> <p>Such amendment shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4207 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2017 Mr. Bergman (for himself and Mr. Keating ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reinstate the returning worker exemption for H–2B visas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act . 2. Returning worker exemption (a) In general Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (9) (A) (i) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an alien who has already been counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph (1)(B) during fiscal year 2016 or 2017 shall not again be counted toward such limitation during fiscal year 2018. Such an alien shall be considered a returning worker. (ii) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an alien who has already been counted toward the numerical limitation of paragraph (1)(B) during fiscal year 2018 or 2019 shall not again be counted toward such limitation during the next fiscal year. Such an alien shall be considered a returning worker. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017.