S 1697 112th Congress Senate

DASH Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat herders, or dairy farmers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 12, 2011 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Immigration Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of LaborForeign laborHousing industry and standards

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Immigration status and proceduresLabor standardsMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborVisas and passports

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Oct 12, 2011

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Latest action October 12, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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