Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act

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R LeeSponsor

1 cosponsor · 1 D

D Schumer

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

Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH 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, goat herder, or dairy worker.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 12, 2011

Provides: (1) for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions, and (2) that no period of U.S. absence may be required for approval of such extensions.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for such workers.

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 Act

Also known as: DASH Act

Latest action (Oct 12, 2011): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 12, 2011

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

No recorded floor vote found.