Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act
Latest action · Apr 27, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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 23, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act - 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.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2009 to Jul 30, 2009; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Mar 23, 2009 |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Original | Mar 23, 2009 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Mar 23, 2009 |
| R-NY | Christopher J. Lee | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | May 19, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 30, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2009 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 30, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E804-805)
- Mar 23, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
- Mar 23, 2009Referred 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.
- Mar 23, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E804 | John M. McHugh R-NY | Mar 30, 2009 |
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.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-48 | HEARING TO REVIEW U.S. AGRICULTURE POLICY IN ADVANCE OF THE 2012 FARM BILL, PART 2 (Final)920 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 30, 2010–Jun 28, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-47 | HEARING TO REVIEW DAIRY POLICY88 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-44 | HONORING THE FALLEN: HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVE AMERICA'S VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES?94 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 24, 2009 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3744 | Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act | Identical bill | Nov 16, 2009 |
| S 3858 | H-2A Improvement Act | Related bill | Sep 28, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as dairy workers and sheepherders, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2009Introduced in House
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.
