Louisiana HCR77: CONGRESS: Memorializes the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pass the H-2B Certified Seasonal Employer Designation and reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program.

What the bill says

A concurrent resolution To memorialize the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pass the H-2B Certified Seasonal Employer Designation and reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program.

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress, the President of the United States, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pass the H-2B Certified Seasonal Employer Designation and reclassify all job duties of the crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for purposes of the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program. WHEREAS, the H-2B visa program is a seasonal, guest-worker program that allows our state’s seasonal employers, primarily crawfish processors and landscapers, to bring in guest-workers on a temporary basis to supplement their operations and support their American workers during their peak seasons; and WHEREAS, in fiscal year 2025, approximately eight thousand one hundred sixtythree H-2B positions were certified in Louisiana, of which over three thousand one hundred thirty-eight were in crawfish and seafood processing occupations and over two thousand were in landscaping; and WHEREAS, studies show that each H-2B worker supports between 3.2 and 4.6 jobs for American workers, and the H-2B visa program supports over twenty-five thousand jobs in Louisiana; and Page 1 of HLS 26RS-4097 ORIGINAL HCR NO. WHEREAS, studies show the crawfish industry contributes over three hundred million dollars to the Louisiana economy annually while the green industry contributes over two billion dollars; and WHEREAS, a recent …