S 1697
112th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Housing industry and standards
Immigration status and procedures
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Visas and passports
DASH Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 12, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker.
Provides: (1) for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions, and (2) that no period of U.S. absence may be required for approval of such extensions.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for such workers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1