S 2207 United States Senate · 117th Congress

A bill to temporarily increase the availability of temporary nonimmigrant nonagricultural workers for the purposes of restoring American forests, and for other purposes.

Summary
This bill temporarily exempts certain workers involved with forest health or conservation from the annual limit on visas for temporary nonagricultural workers (H-2B visas). Specifically, for five years starting from the bill's enactment, a visa for a temporary nonagricultural worker entering the United States to perform certain work (such as orchard work, tree planting, nursery care, or harvesting minor forest products) shall not count against the annual limit on H-2B visas. (Currently, only 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued each year, with exemptions for certain types of workers.)
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Jun 2021
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Introduced Jun 24, 2021 Last action Jun 24, 2021
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Jun 24, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4778)
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Jun 24, 2021
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