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HR 4578 117th Congress House

Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021

Official title: To expand the H-2B visa program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 20, 2021 See on congress.gov
Immigration
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jul 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021

This bill raises the annual numerical limit on H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) nonimmigrant visas and provides an exemption to this cap for certain applicants.

Specifically, the bill raises the annual cap on such visas from 66,000 to 350,000. Furthermore, if a worker seeking an H-2B visa had been counted toward the annual cap in one of the three preceding fiscal years, that worker shall not be counted against the cap again.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4578: Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4578/
MLA
"H.R. 4578: Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4578/.
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H.R. 4578, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4578/.
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[H.R. 4578: Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4578/)
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