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Save Our Seafood Act
A bill to permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.
- Introduced
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Save Our Seafood Act
This bill establishes that the annual numerical cap on temporary nonagricultural worker (H-2B) visas does not apply to fish processors.
Under current law, up to 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued in a year, with additional visas available to certain classes of workers who are exempt from this cap, including fish roe processors.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Apr 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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