Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act of 2008

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Bill Number

HR 6885

Introduced

Sep 11, 2008

Latest Action

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1808)

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Cosponsors

Topics

Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Labor Foreign labor Housing supply and affordability Immigration Livestock Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Temporary and part-time employment Visas and passports

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Summary

Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder or dairy worker. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for workers engaged in the range production of livestock.

Actions

Sep 15, 2008

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1808)
Sep 11, 2008

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 11, 2008

Introduced in House

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