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S. 988 110th Congress Senate

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.

Introduced: September 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
Immigration Admission of nonimmigrantsAlien laborAliensLabor and Employment
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Mar 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 26, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 26, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend through October 1, 2012, the annual cap exemption for returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker).

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1843 Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007
  • HR 5233 Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act
  • HR 5495 Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act
  • HR 5849 Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 3 Republican 5
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jul 25, 2008
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jan 22, 2008
DeMint, James
· Oct 3, 2007
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 19, 2007
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 18, 2007
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 7, 2007
Burr, Richard
· Sep 5, 2007
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Aug 2, 2007
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jul 26, 2007
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 26, 2007
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