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HR 6870 116th Congress House Immigration Appropriations Defense spending Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Temporary and part-time employment Visas and passports

Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020

Introduced: May 27, 2020 Introduced by: Joyce, David P. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2020
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Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020

This bill establishes that nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) issued for landscaping or grounds keeping workers shall not count against the annual cap on such visas. The bill also eliminates an existing statutory exemption to the H-2B annual cap for visas for fish roe processing workers.

What's happening now May 14, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6870: Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6870/
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"H.R. 6870: Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6870/.
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H.R. 6870, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6870/.
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[H.R. 6870: Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6870/)
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