Save Summer Act of 2004

Save Summer Act of 2004 - Increases the FY 2004 numerical limit on H-2B nonimmigrants (temporary nonagricultural workers) from 66,000 to 106,000. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with information on: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2252 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2252

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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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