HR 614
118th Congress
House
Immigration
Appropriations
Food industry and services
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Seafood
Visas and passports
Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023
Introduced: January 27, 2023
Introduced by:
Wittman, Robert J.
Republican
· Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023
This bill expands a provision that exempts certain H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural laborers) from the annual cap of 66,000 on such visas.
Under this bill, the exemption shall apply to H-2B visas issued for employment (1) on a commercial fishing vessel or shrimp trawler; or (2) in the processing of fish, baitfish, or fishery products.
Currently, this exemption only applies to H-2B visas issued for certain employment related to the processing of fish roe.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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