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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Amendments
Chamber: Senate
Date: May 21, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.

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Bills and resolutions: S. 2 (119th Congress), S.Con.Res. 33 (119th Congress)

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SA 5446. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON OIL CRUDE OIL AND

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ORIGIN.

(a) Revocation.—Upon the enactment of this Act, the

Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately revoke General

License 134C of the Office of Foreign Assets Control,

entitled “Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and

Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin Loaded on

Vessels as of April 17, 2026”, and dated May 18, 2026.

(b) Prohibition on Issuance of Further Licenses.—On and

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

the Treasury may not issue any further general license

authorizing the sale or transportation of crude oil or

petroleum products of Russian Federation origin prohibited by

the authorities listed on General License 134C.

SA 5447. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

TITLE —AVIATION WORKER HEALTH CARE AND WAGE PROTECTION ACT OF

2026

SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the “Aviation Worker Health

Care and Wage Protection Act of 2026”.

SEC. _02. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.—Congress finds that—

(1) sudden airline closures can result in immediate mass

layoffs of aviation workers;

(2) interruptions in employer-sponsored health insurance

place workers and families at substantial financial and

medical risk;

(3) State unemployment insurance benefits often replace

only a portion of lost wages;

(4) aviation workers provide critical transportation and

national economic functions; and

(5) temporary Federal assistance is warranted to stabilize

affected workers and communities following a qualifying

airline shutdown.

(b) Purpose.—The purpose of this Act is to provide

supplemental unemployment compensation for aviation workers

displaced due to a qualifying airline closure occurring in

SEC. _03. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:

(1) Covered airline employer.—The term “covered airline

employer” means—

(A) an air carrier certificated under part 121 of title 14,

Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); or

(B) any contractor performing ground handling, catering,

maintenance, customer service, or other airport-related

services for such an air carrier .

(2) Eligible aviation worker.—The term “eligible aviation

worker” means an individual who—

(A) was employed by a covered airline employer on or after

January 1, 2026;

(B) lost employment due to a qualifying airline closure;

and

or State law.

(3) Qualifying airline closure.—The term “qualifying

airline closure” means—

(A) a cessation of substantially all operations by a

covered airline employer occurring during calendar year 2026;

(B) reduction in force resulting in the layoff of not fewer

than 500 employees within any 30-day period due to

insolvency, bankruptcy, or operational shutdown.

Subtitle A—Federal Aviation Unemployment Compensation

SEC. _11. INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR

CERTAIN AVIATION WORKERS.

(a) Federal-State Agreements.—Any State which desires to

do so may enter into and participate in an agreement under

this section with the Secretary of Labor (in this section

referred to as the “Secretary”). Any State which is a party

to an agreement under this section may, upon providing 30

days' written notice to the Secretary, terminate such

agreement.

(b) Provisions of Agreement.—

(1) Supplemental aviation unemployment compensation.—Any

agreement under this section shall provide that the State

agency of the State will make payments of regular

compensation to eligible aviation workers in amounts and to

the extent that they would be determined if the State law of

the State were applied, with respect to any week for which

the worker is (disregarding this section) otherwise entitled

under the State law to receive regular compensation, as if

such State law had been modified in a manner such that the

amount of regular compensation (including dependents'

allowances) payable for any week shall be equal to—

(A) the amount determined under the State law (before the

application of this paragraph), plus

(B) an additional amount of $600 equal to the amount

specified in paragraph (3) (in this section referred to as

“Supplemental Aviation Unemployment Compensation”).

(2) Allowable methods of payment.—Any Supplemental

Aviation Unemployment Compensation provided for in accordance

with paragraph (1) shall be payable either—

(A) as an amount which is paid at the same time and in the

same manner as any regular compensation otherwise payable for

the week involved; or

(B) at the option of the State, by payments which are made

separately from, but on the same weekly basis as, any regular

compensation otherwise payable.

(1) In general.—An agreement under this section shall not

apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect to a State upon

a determination by the Secretary that the method governing

the computation of regular compensation under the State law

of that State has been modified in a manner such that the

number of weeks (the maximum benefit entitlement), or the

average weekly benefit amount, of regular compensation which

will be payable during the period of the agreement

(determined disregarding any Supplemental Aviation

Unemployment Compensation) will be less than the number of

weeks, or the average weekly benefit amount, of the average

weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would

otherwise have been payable during such period under the

State law, as in effect on January 1, 2026.

(2) Maximum benefit entitlement.—In paragraph (1), the

term “maximum benefit entitlement” means the amount of

regular unemployment compensation payable to an eligible

aviation worker with respect to the worker's benefit year.

(d) Payments to States.—

(1) In general.—

(A) Full reimbursement.—There shall be paid to each State

which has entered into an agreement under this section an

amount equal to 100 percent of—

(i) the total amount of Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation paid to eligible aviation workers by the State

pursuant to such agreement; and

(ii) any additional administrative expenses incurred by the

State by reason of such agreement (as determined by the

Secretary).

(B) Terms of payments.—Sums payable to any State by reason

of such State's having an agreement under this section shall

be payable, either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as

determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as the

Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive

under this section for each calendar month, reduced or

increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the

Secretary finds that his estimates for any prior calendar

month were greater or less than the amounts which should have

been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the

basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method as may

be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the

State involved.

(2) Certifications.—The Secretary shall from time to time

certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each

State the sums payable to such State under this section.

(3) Appropriation.—There are appropriated from the general

fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, such

sums as may be necessary for purposes of this subsection.

(e) Applicability.—An agreement entered into under this

section shall apply to weeks of unemployment—

(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is

entered into; and

(2) ending on or before September 30, 2027.

(f) Fraud and Overpayments.—

(1) In general.—If an individual knowingly has made, or

caused to be made by another, a false statement or

representation of a material fact, or knowingly has failed,

or caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact, and

as a result of such false statement or representation or of

such nondisclosure such individual has received an amount of

Supplemental Aviation Unemployment Compensation to which such

individual was not entitled, such individual—

(A) shall be ineligible for further Supplemental Aviation

Unemployment Compensation in accordance with the provisions

of the applicable State unemployment compensation law

relating to fraud in connection with a claim for unemployment

compensation; and

(B) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of

title 18, United States Code.

(2) Repayment.—In the case of individuals who have

received amounts of Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation to which they were not entitled, the State shall

require such individuals to repay the amounts of such

Supplemental Aviation Unemployment Compensation to the State

agency, except that the State agency may waive such repayment

if it determines that—

(A) the payment of such Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation was without fault on the part of any such

individual; and

(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good

conscience.

(3) Recovery by state agency.—

(A) In general.—The State agency shall recover the amount

to be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any

Supplemental Aviation Unemployment Compensation payable to

such individual or from any unemployment compensation payable

to such individual under any State or Federal unemployment

compensation law administered by the State agency or under

any other State or Federal law administered by the State

agency which provides for the payment of any assistance or

allowance with respect to any week of unemployment, during

the 3-year period after the date such individuals received

the payment of the Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation to which they were not entitled, in accordance

with the same procedures as apply to the recovery of

overpayments of regular unemployment benefits paid by the

State.

(B) Opportunity for hearing.—No repayment shall be

required, and no deduction shall be made, until a

determination has been made, notice thereof and an

opportunity for a fair hearing has been given to the

individual, and the determination has become final.

(4) Review.—Any determination by a State agency under this

section shall be subject to review in the same manner and to

the same extent as determinations under the State

unemployment compensation law, and only in that manner and to

that extent.

(g) Application to Other Unemployment Benefits.—Each

agreement under this section shall include provisions to

provide that the purposes of the preceding provisions of this

section shall be applied with respect to unemployment

benefits described in subsection (i)(2) to the same extent

and in the same manner as if those benefits were regular

compensation.

(h) Disregard of Additional Compensation for Purposes of

Medicaid and CHIP.—The monthly equivalent of any

Supplemental Aviation Unemployment Compensation paid to an

eligible aviation worker under this section shall be

disregarded when determining income for any purpose under the

programs established under titles XIX and title XXI of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.)

(i) Definitions.—For purposes of this section—

(1) the terms “compensation”, “regular compensation”,

“benefit year”, “State”, “State agency”, “State law”,

and “week” have the respective meanings given such terms

under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment

Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); and

(2) any reference to unemployment benefits described in

this paragraph shall be considered to refer to—

(A) extended compensation (as defined by section 205 of the

Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of

1970);

(B) regular compensation (as defined by section 85(b) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) provided under any program

administered by a State under an agreement with the

Secretary;

(D) short-time compensation under a short-time compensation

program (as defined in section 3306(v) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986).

SEC. _12. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN

AVIATION WORKERS PARTICIPATING IN APPROVED

TRAINING PROGRAMS.

(a) Federal-State Agreements.—

(1) In general.—Any State which desires to do so may enter

into and participate in an agreement under this section with

the Secretary of Labor (in this section referred to as the

“Secretary”). Any State which is a party to an agreement

under this section may, upon providing 30 days' written

notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.

(2) Provisions of agreement.—Any agreement under paragraph

(1) shall provide that the State agency of the State will

make payments of extended aviation unemployment

compensation to eligible aviation workers who—

(A) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under

the State law or under Federal law with respect to a benefit

year (excluding any benefit year that ended before July1,

2019);

(B) have no rights to regular compensation with respect to

a week under such law or any other State unemployment

compensation law or to compensation under any other Federal

law;

week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and

(D) are enrolled and participating in an approved training

program (as defined in subsection (f)).

(3) Exhaustion of benefits.—For purposes of paragraph

(2)(A), an individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such

individual's rights to regular compensation under a State law

when—

(A) no payments of regular compensation can be made under

such law because such individual has received all regular

compensation available to such individual based on employment

or wages during such individual's base period; or

(B) such individual's rights to such compensation have been

terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year

with respect to which such rights existed.

(4) Weekly benefit amount, etc.—For purposes of any

agreement under this section—

(A) the amount of extended aviation unemployment

compensation which shall be payable to any eligible aviation

worker for any week of total unemployment shall be equal to—

(i) the amount of the regular compensation (including

dependents' allowances) payable to such worker during such

worker's benefit year under the State law for a week of total

unemployment;

(ii) the amount of Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation under section 201(b)(1)(B); and

(B) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply

to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof

(other than the terms and conditions relating to availability

for work, active search for work, and refusal to accept work)

shall apply to claims for extended aviation unemployment

compensation and the payment thereof, except where otherwise

inconsistent with the provisions of this section or with the

regulations or operating instructions of the Secretary

promulgated to carry out this section;

compensation payable to any eligible aviation worker for whom

an extended aviation unemployment compensation account is

established under subsection (b) shall not exceed the amount

established in such account for such worker; and

(D) the allowable methods of payment under section

201(b)(2) shall apply to payments of amounts described in

subparagraph (A)(ii).

(5) Coordination rules.—

(A) In general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), an agreement

under this section shall apply with respect to a State only

upon a determination by the Secretary that, under the State

law or other applicable rules of such State, the payment of

extended compensation for which an eligible aviation worker

is otherwise eligible must be deferred until after the

payment of any extended aviation unemployment compensation

under subsection (b) for which the worker is concurrently

eligible.

(B) Special rule.—In the case of an eligible aviation

worker who is receiving extended compensation under the State

law for the week that includes the date of enactment of this

subparagraph, such worker shall not be eligible to receive

extended aviation unemployment compensation by reason of such

amendments until such worker has exhausted all rights to such

extended benefits.

(6) Nonreduction rule.—

(A) In general.—An agreement under this section shall not

apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect to a State upon

a determination by the Secretary that the method governing

the computation of regular compensation under the State law

of that State has been modified in a manner such that the

number of weeks (the maximum benefit entitlement), or the

average weekly benefit amount, of regular compensation which

will be payable during the period of the agreement will be

less than the number of weeks, or the average weekly benefit

amount, of the average weekly benefit amount of regular

compensation which would otherwise have been payable during

such period under the State law, as in effect on January 1,

(B) Maximum benefit entitlement.—In subparagraph (A), the

term “maximum benefit entitlement” means the amount of

regular unemployment compensation payable to an eligible

aviation worker with respect to the worker's benefit year.

(7) Special rule for extended compensation.—At the option

of a State, for any weeks of unemployment beginning after the

date of the enactment of this paragraph and before September

30, 2027, an eligible aviation worker's eligibility period

(as described in section 203(c) of the Federal-State Extended

Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note))

shall, for purposes of any determination of eligibility for

extended compensation under the State law of such State, be

considered to include any week which begins—

(A) after the date as of which such worker exhausts all

rights to extended aviation unemployment compensation; and

(B) during an extended benefit period that began on or

before the date described in subparagraph (A).

(b) Extended Aviation Unemployment Compensation Account.—

(1) In general.—Any agreement under this section shall

provide that the State will establish, for each eligible

aviation worker who files an application for extended

aviation unemployment compensation, an extended aviation

unemployment compensation account with respect to such

worker's benefit year.

(2) Amount in account.—The amount established in an

account under subsection (a) shall be equal to 26 times the

eligible aviation worker's average weekly benefit amount,

which includes the amount of Supplemental Aviation

Unemployment Compensation under section 201, for the benefit

year.

(3) Weekly benefit amount.—For purposes of this

subsection, an eligible aviation worker's weekly benefit

amount for any week is the amount of regular compensation

(including dependents' allowances) under the State law

payable to such worker for such week for total unemployment

plus the amount of Supplemental Aviation Unemployment

Compensation under section 201.

(4) Coordination of extended aviation unemployment

compensation with regular compensation.—

(A) In general.—If—

(i) an eligible aviation worker has been determined to be

entitled to extended aviation unemployment compensation with

respect to a benefit year;

(ii) that benefit year has expired;

(iii) that worker has remaining entitlement to extended

aviation unemployment compensation with respect to that

benefit year; and

(iv) that worker would qualify for a new benefit year in

which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at

least $25 less than the worker's weekly benefit amount in the

benefit year referred to in clause (i),

then the State shall determine eligibility for compensation

as provided in subparagraph (B).

(B) Determination of eligibility.—For eligible aviation

workers described in subparagraph (A), the State shall

determine whether the worker is to be paid extended aviation

unemployment compensation or regular compensation for a week

of unemployment using one of the following methods:

(i) The State shall, if permitted by State law, establish a

new benefit year, but defer the payment of regular

compensation with respect to that new benefit year until

exhaustion of all extended aviation unemployment compensation

payable with respect to the benefit year referred to in

subparagraph (A)(i).

(ii) The State shall, if permitted by State law, defer the

establishment of a new benefit year (which uses all the wages

and employment which would have been used to establish a

benefit year but for the application of this subparagraph),

until exhaustion of all extended aviation unemployment

compensation payable with respect to the benefit year

referred to in subparagraph (A)(i).

(iii) The State shall pay, if permitted by State law—

(I) regular compensation equal to the weekly benefit amount

established under the new benefit year; and

(II) extended aviation unemployment compensation equal to

the difference between that weekly benefit amount and the

weekly benefit amount for the expired benefit year.

(iv) The State shall determine rights to extended aviation

unemployment compensation without regard to any rights to

regular compensation if the worker elects to not file a claim

for regular compensation under the new benefit year.

Extended Aviation Unemployment Compensation.—

(1) In general.—There shall be paid to each State that has

entered into an agreement under this section an amount equal

to 100 percent of the extended aviation unemployment

compensation paid to eligible aviation worker by the State

pursuant to such agreement.

(2) Treatment of reimbursable compensation.—No payment

shall be made to any State under this section in respect of

any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to

reimbursement in respect of such compensation under the

provisions of any Federal law other than this section or

chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not

be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in

respect of any compensation to the extent the State is

entitled to reimbursement under this section in respect of

such compensation.

(3) Determination of amount.—Sums payable to any State by

reason of such State having an agreement under this section

shall be payable, either in advance or by way of

reimbursement (as may be determined by the Secretary), in

such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State will be

entitled to receive under this section for each calendar

month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any

amount by which the Secretary finds that the Secretary's

estimates for any prior calendar month were greater or less

than the amounts which should have been paid to the State.

Such estimates may be made on the basis of such statistical,

sampling, or other method as may be agreed

upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the State

involved.

(d) Financing Provisions.—

(1) Compensation.—

(A) In general.—Funds in the extended unemployment

compensation account (as established by section 905(a) of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment

Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of such Act (42

U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for the making of payments to

States having agreements entered into under this section.

(B) Transfer of funds.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the

general fund of the Treasury (from funds not otherwise

appropriated) to the extended unemployment compensation

account such sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be

necessary to make payments described in subparagraph (A).

There are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury,

without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred to in the

preceding sentence and such sums shall not be required to be

repaid.

(2) Administration.—

(A) In general.—There are appropriated out of the

employment security administration account (as established by

section 901(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1101(a))

of the Unemployment Trust Fund, without fiscal year

limitation, such funds as may be necessary for purposes of

assisting States (as provided in title III of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.)) in meeting the costs of

administration of agreements under this section.

(B) Transfer of funds.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the

general fund of the Treasury (from funds not otherwise

appropriated) to the employment security administration

account such sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be

necessary to make payments described in subparagraph (A).

There are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury,

without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred to in the

preceding sentence and such sums shall not be required to be

repaid.

(3) Certification.—The Secretary shall from time to time

certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each

State the sums payable to such State under this subsection.

The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement

by the Government Accountability Office, shall make payments

to the State in accordance with such certification, by

transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account

(as so established) to the account of such State in the

Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established).

(e) Fraud and Overpayments.—

(1) In general.—If an individual knowingly has made, or

caused to be made by another, a false statement or

representation of a material fact, or knowingly has failed,

or caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact, and

as a result of such false statement or representation or of

such nondisclosure such individual has received an amount of

extended aviation unemployment compensation under this

section to which such individual was not entitled, such

individual—

(A) shall be ineligible for further extended aviation

unemployment compensation under this section in accordance

with the provisions of the applicable State unemployment

compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a claim

for unemployment compensation; and

(B) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of

title 18, United States Code.

(2) Repayment.—In the case of individuals who have

received amounts of extended aviation unemployment

compensation under this section to which they were not

entitled, the State shall require such individuals to repay

the amounts of such extended aviation unemployment

compensation to the State agency, except that the State

agency may waive such repayment if it determines that—

(A) the payment of such extended aviation unemployment

compensation was without fault on the part of any such

individual; and

(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good

conscience.

(3) Recovery by state agency.—

(A) In general.—The State agency shall recover the amount

to be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any

extended aviation unemployment compensation payable to such

individual under this section or from any unemployment

compensation payable to such individual under any State or

Federal unemployment compensation law administered by the

State agency or under any other State or Federal law

administered by the State agency which provides for the

payment of any assistance or allowance with respect to any

week of unemployment, during the 3-year period after the date

such individuals received the payment of the extended

aviation unemployment compensation to which they were not

entitled, in accordance with the same procedures as apply to

the recovery of overpayments of regular unemployment benefits

paid by the State.

(B) Opportunity for hearing.—No repayment shall be

required, and no deduction shall be made, until a

determination has been made, notice thereof and an

opportunity for a fair hearing has been given to the

individual, and the determination has become final.

(4) Review.—Any determination by a State agency under this

section shall be subject to review in the same manner and to

the same extent as determinations under the State

unemployment compensation law, and only in that manner and to

that extent.

(f) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) Approved training program.—The term “approved

training program”means a training program approved by a

State agency, including—

(A) an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August

16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship

Act”; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.),

including such an apprenticeship with respect to a

manufacturing, skilled trade, or energy workforce program;

(B) an aviation maintenance and safety certification

program;

(D) a community college credential program.

(2) Federal-state extended unemployment compensation act

definitions.—In this section, the terms “compensation”,

“regular compensation”, “extended compensation”,

“benefit year”, “base period”, “State”, “State

agency”, “State law”, and “week” have the respective

meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-

State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26

U.S.C. 3304 note).

(g) Applicability.—An agreement entered into under this

section shall apply to weeks of unemployment—

(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is

entered into; and

(2) ending on or before September 30, 2028.

Subtitle B—Administration and Oversight

SEC. _21. GUIDANCE.

Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue guidance necessary to

implement this title.

SEC. _22. ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES.

The Secretary of Labor shall coordinate with State

workforce agencies to establish procedures for—

(1) verification of employment separation:

(2) prevention of duplicate payments; and

(3) recovery of fraudulent overpayments.

SEC. _23. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

necessary to carry out this title.

SA 5448. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . EXEMPTION OF ALIENS WORKING AS FISH PROCESSORS FROM

THE NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON H-2B NONIMMIGRANT

VISAS.

(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “Save

Our Seafood Act”.

(b) In General.—Section 214(g)(10) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)) is amended—

(1) by striking “The numerical limitations of paragraph

(1)(B)” and inserting “(A) The numerical limitation under

paragraph (1)(B)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(B)(i) The numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B)

shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or

otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)

who is employed (or has received an offer of employment)—

“(I) as a fish roe processor, a fish roe technician, or a

supervisor of fish roe processing; or

“(II) as a fish processor.

“(ii) As used in clause (i)—

“(I) the term `fish' means fresh or saltwater finfish,

mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal

life, including the roe of such animals, other than marine

mammals and birds; and

“(II) the term `processor'—

“(aa) means any person engaged in the processing of fish,

including handling, storing, preparing, heading,

eviscerating, shucking, freezing, changing into different

market forms, manufacturing, preserving, packing, labeling,

dockside unloading, holding, and all other processing

activities; and

“(bb) does not include any person engaged in—

“(AA) harvesting or transporting fish or fishery products

without otherwise engaging in processing;

“(BB) practices such as heading, eviscerating, or freezing

intended solely to prepare a fish for holding on board a

harvest vessel; or

“(CC) operating a retail establishment.”.

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) is repealed.

SA 5449. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . EXCEPTION TO NON-PROCESSING RELATED FEE FOR H-1B

NONIMMIGRANTS WHO WILL BE PUBLIC SCHOOL

EMPLOYEES.

In addition to the exceptions set forth in section 1(c) of

the Presidential Proclamation

10973 (90 Fed. Reg. 46027; relating to restriction on entry

of certain nonimmigrant workers), which was issued on

September 19, 2025, petitions filed on behalf of aliens

entering the United States as nonimmigrants to perform

services in a specialty occupation described in section

101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) and who will be working for a

public school or a public school district in the United

States shall not be required to be accompanied or

supplemented by the payment of $100,000 otherwise required

under section 1(a) of such Proclamation.

SA 5450. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . FEE EXEMPTION FOR NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS OF

CERTAIN NATIONALS FROM OUTLYING POSSESSIONS.

Section 325 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

U.S.C. 1436) is amended—

(1) by striking the period at the end and inserting “;

and”;

(2) by striking “except that in applications” and

inserting “except that—

“(1) in an application”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(2) no fee shall be charged or collected from the

applicant for the filing of such an application or for the

issuance of a certificate of naturalization upon being

granted United States citizenship.”.

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