S.Amdt. 4030

SA 4030. Mr. CHAMBLISS 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:

DBeginning on page 431, strike line 16 and all that follows through page 432, line 21, and insert the following:

“(D) Temporary work or services.--The employer is seeking to employ a specific number of agricultural workers on a temporary basis.

“(E) Offers to united states workers.--The employer has offered or will offer the job to any eligible United States worker who applies and is equally or better qualified for the job for which the nonimmigrant is, or the nonimmigrants are, sought and who will be available at the time and place of need.

“(F) Provision of insurance.--If the job opportunity is not covered by the State workers' compensation law, the employer will provide, at no cost to the worker, insurance covering injury and disease arising out of, and in the course of, the worker's employment which will provide benefits at least equal to those provided under the State's workers' compensation law for comparable employment.

“(2) Job opportunities not covered by collective bargaining agreements.--With respect to a job opportunity that is not covered under a collective bargaining agreement:

“(A) Strike or lockout.--The specific job opportunity for which the employer is requesting an H-2A worker is not vacant because the former occupant is on strike or being locked out in the course of a labor dispute;

“(B) Temporary work or services.--The employer is seeking to employ a specific number of agricultural workers on a temporary basis.