S 2207
117th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Fires
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
A bill to temporarily increase the availability of temporary nonimmigrant nonagricultural workers for the purposes of restoring American forests, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4778)
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill temporarily exempts certain workers involved with forest health or conservation from the annual limit on visas for temporary nonagricultural workers (H-2B visas).
Specifically, for five years starting from the bill's enactment, a visa for a temporary nonagricultural worker entering the United States to perform certain work (such as orchard work, tree planting, nursery care, or harvesting minor forest products) shall not count against the annual limit on H-2B visas. (Currently, only 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued each year, with exemptions for certain types of workers.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4778)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1