H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001
Latest action · Jan 24, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal, and is not the result of a labor dispute, (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws.
Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; and (3) transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program.
Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders.
Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Protection Act to provide coverage to H-2A agricultural workers, including the right to organize.
Establishes in the Treasury the Agricultural Worker Account which, through the use of fees collected from H-2A employers, shall provide assistance for labor management committees, administrative expenses, and demonstration programs.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish demonstration programs to improve agricultural labor management practices.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 2, 2001 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2001 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Aug 2, 2001 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Aug 2, 2001 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jan 24, 2002 | |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jan 24, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Jan 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Sep 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33977 | Immigration of Foreign Workers: Labor Market Tests and Protections Archived | Report | Dec 20, 2010 |
| RL32044 | Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs Archived | Report | Mar 16, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1313 | H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Aug 2, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Agricultural labor
- Agricultural societies
- Agriculture and Food
- Alien labor
- Business records
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Collective bargaining agreements
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Deportation
- Dislocated workers
- Dismissal of employees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Employee rights
- Employee selection
- Employment agencies
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to higher education
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Grievance arbitration
- Health
- Help-wanted advertising
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Identification devices
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Labor and Employment
- Labor mobility
- Labor supply
- Labor unions
- Labor-management committees
- Law
- Livestock industry
- Married people
- Minimum wages
- Occupational health and safety
- Payroll deductions
- Personnel records
- Public housing
- Recruiting of employees
- Right to travel
- Seasonal labor
- Social security taxes
- Social Welfare
- Sugar trade
- Taxation
- Temporary employment
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Unemployment insurance
- Visas
- Wage restitution
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
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