Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2009

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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.

D MikulskiSponsor

37 cosponsors · 19 D, 17 R, 1 I

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

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for three years after the date of enactment of this Act the annual cap exemption for returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker).

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 5, 2009

Provides that such amendment shall: (1) take effect as if enacted on December 1, 2008; and (2) apply only to petitions with an approved start date in FY2009-FY2011.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2009

Latest action (Feb 5, 2009): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1685)

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 5, 2009

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

No recorded floor vote found.