Dairy H–2A Eligibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-1571
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2021-03-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Livestock

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Temporary and part-time employment

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Dairy H-2A Eligibility Act </b></p> <p>This bill expands the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) to include dairy workers. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1571 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2021 Mr. Jacobs of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status for dairy workers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dairy H–2A Eligibility Act . 2. Nonimmigrant status for dairy workers Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) ) is amended by inserting after abandoning the following: who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services as a dairy worker, or .