S 988 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007

Introduced Mar 26, 2007 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 26, 2007
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend through October 1, 2012, the annual cap exemption for returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker).

Cosponsors 50

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2007 to Nov 17, 2008, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Mar 26, 2007
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Mar 26, 2007
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-OH	George V. Voinovich	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-NH	John E. Sununu	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Mar 26, 2007
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Mar 26, 2007
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-AK	Ted Stevens	Original	Mar 26, 2007
R-WY	Craig Thomas		Mar 27, 2007
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Apr 10, 2007

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
Mar 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1843	Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007	Related bill	Apr 20, 2007
HR 5233	Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act	Related bill	Feb 25, 2008
HR 5495	Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act	Related bill	Mar 17, 2008
HR 5849	Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act	Related bill	Apr 28, 2008

Subjects

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

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Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate

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