Skip to main content
S 278 109th Congress Senate Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Congress Congressional reporting requirements Labor and Employment Labor statistics Seasonal labor Temporary employment Visas Wages

Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005

Introduced: February 3, 2005 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S982-983)
Feb 3, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that no less than 12,000 of the total H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) available for any fiscal year (currently, up to 66,000) must be made available in each quarter of such year. States that an alien counted toward the numerical limitations applicable to such visas within the three years prior to the approval of a petition for an H-2B temporary worker shall not be counted again toward such limitations. Makes this provision effective as if enacted on October 1, 2004. Provides for its expiration on October 1, 2007.

Amends the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate information regarding: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis.

What's happening now February 3, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 278: Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-278/
MLA
"S. 278: Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-278/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 278, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-278/.
Markdown link
[S. 278: Summer Operations and Seasonal Equity Act of 2005](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-278/)
Report a problem