108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2258
To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers for fiscal year
2004, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 30, 2004
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GREGG, Ms. COLLINS,
Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. THOMAS) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers for fiscal year
2004, and for other purposes.
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 `Summer Operations and Services (SOS) Relief
and Reform Act'.
SEC. 2. NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS ON H-2B WORKERS.
Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
`(9) Any alien who has already been counted, within the 2 years prior to the
approval of a petition for a temporary worker described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B),
toward the numerical limitations of paragraph (1)(B) shall not again be counted
toward those limitations.'.
SEC. 3. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
The Secretary of Homeland Security may delegate to the Secretary of Labor,
if the Secretary of Labor agrees, any authority to investigate fraud or misrepresentation
on the part of an alien or an employer in connection with a visa described
in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES.
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect as if enacted
on October 1, 2003, and shall expire on October 1, 2004.
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