A bill to temporarily increase the availability of temporary nonimmigrant nonagricultural workers for the purposes of restoring American forests, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 6/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4778)
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (1)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
Subjects
- Fires
- Foreign labor
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Land use and conservation
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Visas and passports
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