To increase the number of aliens who may receive certain nonimmigrant status during fiscal year 2004 and to require submissions of information by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

March 29, 2004

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. JEFFORDS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. SUNUNU, and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To increase the number of aliens who may receive certain nonimmigrant status during fiscal year 2004 and to require submissions of information by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Save Summer Act of 2004'.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM NUMBERS OF H-2B NONIMMIGRANTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2004.

Section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:

`(B) under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), may not exceed--

`(i) 106,000 in fiscal year 2004; and

`(ii) 66,000 in a fiscal year other than fiscal year 2004.'.

SEC. 3. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF INFORMATION REGARDING H-2B NONIMMIGRANTS.

Section 416 of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (title IV of division C of Public Law 105-277; 8 U.S.C. 1184 note) is amended--

(1) by striking `Attorney General' each place that term appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) PROVISION OF INFORMATION-

`(1) QUARTERLY NOTIFICATION- Beginning not later than December 1, 2005, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify, on a quarterly basis, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the numbers of aliens who during the preceding 3-month period--

`(A) were issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)); or

`(B) had such a visa or such status expire or be revoked or otherwise terminated.

`(2) ANNUAL SUBMISSION- Beginning with fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit on an annual basis, to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate--

`(A) information on the countries of origin and occupations of, and compensation paid to, aliens who were issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) during the previous fiscal year;

`(B) the number of aliens who during each month of such fiscal year had such a visa or such status expire or be revoked or otherwise terminated; and

`(C) the number of aliens who were provided nonimmigrant status under such section during both such fiscal year and the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year.'.

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