Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007
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; 13 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| I-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 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Oct 3, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Oct 3, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Dec 14, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Apr 21, 2008 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jul 25, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Jim Webb | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Nov 17, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the 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 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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
