,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #addd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,owens 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 and  
,mr4 ,welch7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to improve the ,h-#b;,a agricultural   
worker program for use by dairy workers1
 sheepherders1 and goat herders1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,h-#b;,a      
,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,nonimmigrant   
status for dairy workers1 sheepherders1 
and goat herders ,section               
#aja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a7 of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a77 is
 amended by inserting who is coming     
temporarily to the ,united ,states to   
perform agricultural labor or services  
as a dairy worker1 sheepherder1 or goat 
herder1 or after abandoning4  #c4       
,special rules for aliens employed as   
dairy workers1 sheepherders1 or goat    

herders ,section #bah of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahh7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7h7 and 7i7 as
 subsections 7i7 and 7j71 respectively2 
and  7#b7 by inserting after subsection 
7g7 the following3  7h7 ,special rules  
for aliens employed as dairy workers1   
sheepherders1 or goat herders  7#a7 ,in 
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of this ,act1 an alien        
admitted as a nonimmigrant under section
 #aja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a7 for          
employment as a dairy worker1           
sheepherder1 or goat herder--  7,a7 may 
be admitted for an initial period of #c 
years2 and  7,b7 subject to paragraph   
7#c77;,e71 may have such initial period 
of admission extended for an additional 
period of up to #c years4  7#b7         
,exemption from temporary or seasonal   
requirement ,notwithstanding section    
#aja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a71 an employer  
filing a petition to employ ,h-#b;,a    
workers in positions as dairy workers1  

sheepherders1 or goat herders shall not 
be required to show that such positions 
are of a seasonal or temporary nature4  
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