Dairy H–2A Eligibility Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1571 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status for dairy workers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. JACOBS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status for dairy workers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dairy H–2A Eligibility 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR DAIRY WORKERS. 6 Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and 7 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) is 8 amended by inserting after ‘‘abandoning’’ the following: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Apr 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1571.IH H1571 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1571 IH ‘‘who is coming temporarily to the United States to per- 1 form agricultural labor or services as a dairy worker, or’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Apr 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1571.IH H1571 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS