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DASH Act

Introduced: February 13, 2013 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 13, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or 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 February 13, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 292: DASH Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-292/
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