S.1697 - DASH Act

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat herders, or dairy farmers, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: DASH Act as introduced.
  • Short: Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat herders, or dairy farmers, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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10/12/2011--Introduced.Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dai

Official Summary

10/12/2011--Introduced.Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker. Provides:
(1) for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions, and
(2) that no period of U.S. absence may be required for approval of such extensions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for such workers.

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05/18/12
A makeover for Salem High Hall of Fame

In fact, here's the opening line from Congreve's 1697 play "The Mourning Bride": "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast." (The misspellings are Congreve's, but they were all bad spellers back in the 17th century.) So there you have it. We were wrong .

Source: Salem News
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03/30/12
The problem with hoods

Heaven knows what Rivera might have made of the fact that in Charles Perrault’s 1697 version of Little Red Riding Hood (the earliest known), the wolf gobbled up the girl after eating her grandmother, but in the version by the Brothers Grimm – in which

Source: Globe and Mail
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03/11/12
Where to Go With the Kids: March 12-March 19th

bet. St. Marks and Prospect. Free with admission of $7.50 for everyone 1 year and older.  Puppetworks' Puss in Boots Perrault's 1697 French Fantasy performed by Marionettes with an original song score and a "live" ogre. Suggested for kids 3+. 

Source: Patch
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12/02/11
AP Government Blog: [12.1.11] Pending Bills

S. 1697: Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act 112th Congress: 2011-2012. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, ...

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12/02/11
Legislative Alert: Nov 7, 2011‏ | The National Organization of ...

S. 1697. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat herders, or dairy farmers, and for other purposes; to the ...

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12/01/11
AP Government Blog: [12.1.11] Pending Bills

S. 1697: Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act 112th Congress: 2011-2012. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, ...

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