Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R McHughSponsor

11 cosponsors · 6 D, 5 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 23, 2009

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

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 23, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.