HR 793 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act

Introduced Feb 14, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Wayne T. Gilchrest R-MD

Latest action · Apr 4, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 14, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an alien counted toward the numerical limitation applicable to H-2B nonimmigrants (temporary nonagricultural workers) during any of the three fiscal years prior to submission of an H-2B petition from being counted toward the limitation in the year of petition approval. Makes this provision effective as if enacted on October 1, 2004. Provides for its expiration on October 1, 2006.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on employers filing H-2B petitions. Mandates the deposit of such fees into the Fraud Prevention and Detection Account.

Authorizes additional penalties for a substantial failure to meet any condition of an H-2B petition or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact in such a petition.

Requires the allocation of the numerical limitation on the issuance of H-2B visas (currently, 66,000) such that the total number of H-2B nonimmigrants entering the United States during the first six months of a fiscal year is not more than 33,000.

Directs the Secretary to provide the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with information on: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis. Requires the Secretary of State to provide information relevant to such reports.

Cosponsors 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2005 to Sep 12, 2006; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 14, 2005
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 14, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Feb 16, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Mar 1, 2005
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 1, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Mar 1, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Mar 1, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Mar 1, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Mar 1, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 2, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Mar 2, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Mar 3, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 3, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Mar 3, 2005
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Mar 3, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		Mar 3, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 3, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Mar 8, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Mar 8, 2005
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Mar 8, 2005
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Mar 8, 2005
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 8, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Mar 9, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 9, 2005
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Mar 9, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Mar 9, 2005
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Mar 9, 2005
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Mar 10, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 10, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 14, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 14, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 15, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 15, 2005
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 15, 2005
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Mar 15, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 15, 2005
R-VA	Tom Davis		Mar 15, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 16, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Mar 16, 2005
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Mar 17, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Mar 17, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 17, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Apr 5, 2005
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 5, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 5, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Apr 5, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Apr 5, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Apr 5, 2005
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Apr 5, 2005
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Apr 5, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Apr 5, 2005
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Apr 5, 2005
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 5, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 5, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 5, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Apr 5, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Apr 5, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Apr 6, 2005
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Apr 6, 2005
R-LA	Jim McCrery		Apr 6, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Apr 6, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 6, 2005
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Apr 6, 2005
D-CT	John B. Larson		Apr 12, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 12, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 12, 2005
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 14, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 14, 2005
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Apr 14, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Apr 20, 2005
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 20, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Apr 28, 2005
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 5, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		May 12, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 20, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Sep 12, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2005
	Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Apr 4, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Feb 14, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32044	Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs Archived	Report	Mar 16, 2010

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 352	Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005	Related bill	Apr 13, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2005Introduced in House

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