HouseH.R. 9312119th Congress

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the processing of crawfish as agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9312 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9312

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the processing 
 of crawfish as agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2026

Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and Mr. 
   Fields) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the processing 
 of crawfish as agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF CRAWFISH PROCESSING AS AGRICULTURAL LABOR OR 
              SERVICES.

    Section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) is amended by striking ``and the pressing of 
apples for cider on a farm'' and inserting ``the pressing of apples for 
cider on a farm, and the processing of crawfish (including washing, 
sorting, grading, whole-boiling, peeling, and transporting)''.
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