119-s1292

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1292 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1292

 To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish 
 processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 3, 2025

Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish 
 processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Seafood Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROCESSORS FROM THE 
 NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON H-2B NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 214

    (g)

    (10) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184

    (g)

    (10) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``The numerical limitations of paragraph

    (1)
        (B) '' and inserting ``
        (A) The numerical limitation under 
 paragraph

    (1)
        (B) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B)
            (i) The numerical limitation under paragraph

    (1)
        (B) shall not 
apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or otherwise provided 
status under 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (H)
            (ii) (b) who is employed (or has 
received an offer of employment)--
 ``
            (I) as a fish roe processor, a fish roe technician, or a 
 supervisor of fish roe processing; or
 ``
            (II) as a fish processor.
 ``
            (ii) As used in clause
            (i) --
 ``
            (I) the term `fish' means fresh or saltwater finfish, 
 mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal 
 life, including the roe of such animals, other than marine 
 mammals and birds; and
 ``
            (II) the term `processor'--
 ``

    (aa) means any person engaged in the processing 
 of fish, including handling, storing, preparing, 
 heading, eviscerating, shucking, freezing, changing 
 into different market forms, manufacturing, preserving, 
 packing, labeling, dockside unloading, holding, and all 
 other processing activities; and
 ``

    (bb) does not include any person engaged in--
 ``

    (AA) harvesting or transporting fish or 
 fishery products without otherwise engaging in 
 processing;
 ``

    (BB) practices such as heading, 
 eviscerating, or freezing intended solely to 
 prepare a fish for holding on board a harvest 
 vessel; or
 ``
            (CC) operating a retail establishment.''.

    (b) Repeal.--

Section 14006 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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