Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-401
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-01-21
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations

Defense spending

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Temporary and part-time employment

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021 </b></p> <p>This bill establishes that nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) issued for landscaping or grounds keeping workers shall not count against the annual cap on such visas. The bill also eliminates an existing statutory exemption to the H-2B annual cap for visas for fish roe processing workers.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 401 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2021 Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to provide for the inclusion of certain workers in the exemption from numerical limitations on H–2B workers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021 . 2. Inclusion of certain workers in exemption from numerical limitations on H–2B workers Section 14006 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 ( Public Law 108–287 ) is amended to read as follows: 14006. The numerical limitation contained in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B) ) shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) ) who is employed (or has received an offer of employment) as a landscaping or groundskeeping worker (as the Bureau of Labor and Statistics defines such term under code 37–3011 for purposes of the Occupational Employment Statistics). .