CONGRESS: Urges and requests the United States Congress, the United States Department of Labor, and the United States Department of Homeland Security to authorize Louisiana to establish a pilot program allowing the state to administer and regulate the H-2B temporary worker visa programs for horticulture and landscaping, sugar processing, and seafood processing industries
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
Summary
The resolution asks the U.S. Congress, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Homeland Security to permit Louisiana to create a pilot program that would administer and regulate H‑2B temporary worker visas for horticulture and landscaping, sugar processing, and seafood processing. It seeks to ease labor shortages in these seasonal, labor‑intensive industries while preserving federal labor protections. If authorized, the state would coordinate hiring, certification, and data reporting for foreign workers.
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