To reduce the number of H-2C nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3981 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
May 16, 2006
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3981 proposed by Senator Bingaman.
May 16, 2006
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3981 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2006
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 3981 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 18 - 79. Record Vote Number: 124.
May 16, 2006
Amendment SA 3981 proposed by Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S4600-4603; text: CR S4600) To reduce the number of H-2C nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year.
May 16, 2006
Motion to table amendment SA 3981 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 18 - 79. Record Vote Number: 124.
May 16, 2006
Amendment SA 3981 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2006
Senate amendment submitted
May 15, 2006
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 3981. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 292, strike line 18 and all that follows through page 295, line 4, and insert the following: (g) Numerical Limitations.--Section 214(g)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(c) may not exceed 200,000.''. ______