HR 401
117th Congress
House
Immigration
Appropriations
Defense spending
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 21, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Landscaping Workforce Act of 2021
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1