S.Amdt. 699

SA 699. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Kaine, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Kennedy)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROCESSORS
FROM THE NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON H-2B
NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

(a) In General.--Section 214(g)(10) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``the numerical limitations of paragraph
(1)(B)'' and inserting ``(A) The numerical limitation under
paragraph (1)(B)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B)(i) The numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B)
shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or
otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)
who is employed (or has received an offer of employment)--
``(I) as a fish roe processor, a fish roe technician, or a
supervisor of fish roe processing; or
``(II) as a fish processor.
``(ii) As used in clause (i)--
``(I) the term `fish' means fresh or saltwater finfish,
mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal
life, including the roe of such animals, other than marine
mammals and birds; and
``(II) the term `processor'--
``(aa) means any person engaged in the processing of fish,
including handling, storing, preparing, heading,
eviscerating, shucking, freezing, changing into different
market forms, manufacturing, preserving, packing, labeling,
dockside unloading, holding, and all other processing
activities; and
``(bb) does not include any person engaged in--
``(AA) harvesting or transporting fish or fishery products
without otherwise engaging in processing;
``(BB) practices such as heading, eviscerating, or freezing
intended solely to prepare a fish for holding on board a
harvest vessel; or
``(CC) operating a retail establishment.''.
(b) Repeal.--Section 14006 of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.
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