S. 1292 119th Congress Senate

Save Our Seafood Act

Official title: A bill to permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.

Introduced: April 3, 2025 Introduced by: Lisa Murkowski Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

Immigration

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Became law

Apr 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Oct 30, 1997	Senate · vote #287	On Passage of the Bill S. 1292	Passed	69–30	See who voted →

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Our Seafood Act

This bill establishes that the annual numerical cap on temporary nonagricultural worker (H-2B) visas does not apply to fish processors.

Under current law, up to 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued in a year, with additional visas available to certain classes of workers who are exempt from this cap, including fish roe processors.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
for VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · South Carolina · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PICARD KENTZ & ROWE LLP
for SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
for VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · South Carolina · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PICARD KENTZ & ROWE LLP
for SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE · Florida · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
for VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · South Carolina · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
for VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · South Carolina · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
7 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
7 filings
State, Dept of (DOS)
7 filings
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
6 filings
Employment & Training Administration
6 filings
White House Office
5 filings

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Cosponsors 7

Alsobrooks, Angela D.

Maryland · Apr 3, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Apr 3, 2025

Kaine, Tim

Virginia · Apr 3, 2025

Kennedy, John

Louisiana · Apr 3, 2025

Tillis, Thomas

North Carolina · Apr 3, 2025

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Apr 3, 2025

Warner, Mark R.

Virginia · Apr 3, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1292: Save Our Seafood Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1292/

MLA

"S. 1292: Save Our Seafood Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1292/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 1292, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1292/.

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