S 1292 · in committee · significant
Save Our Seafood Act
- labor
What this bill does
- This bill exempts fish processors from the annual cap on temporary worker visas.
- Fish processing companies that rely on temporary foreign workers are affected by this change.
- The bill removes the 66,000-visa annual limit for H-2B workers in seafood processing roles.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would removing the H-2B visa cap for seafood processors affect wages and job availability for domestic workers in fishing communities?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that fish processing companies cannot find enough domestic workers at current wages to fill these positions?
- 03
If this exemption passes, should similar visa cap exemptions be considered for other industries facing labor shortages?
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Sponsor · R-AK
Lisa Murkowski
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
7/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-04-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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