Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011
Latest action · Oct 12, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
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.
- IntroducedSep 22, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011- Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2010, has performed specified lengths of, or earned a specified amount from, agricultural employment in the United States; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors.
Sets forth grounds for termination of blue card status, including: (1) deportability, and (2) commission or conviction of certain crimes.
Provides for adjustment of blue card status to permanent resident status based upon completed periods of agricultural employment.
Exempts an alien from certain Social Security-related violations if committed prior to receiving blue card status.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require farm labor contractors to participate in the E-verify Program.
Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to prohibit farm labor contractors from hiring an alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who has not been otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work.
Establishes a trust fund for agricultural labor market reform.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2011 to Jun 28, 2012; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jun 28, 2012 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2011 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Oct 12, 2011 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2011 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2011 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2011 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Oct 4, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- Oct 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
- Sep 22, 2011Introduced in House
- Sep 22, 2011Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Agriculture, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6414.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-915 | EQUALITY AT WORK: THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT87 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jun 12, 2012 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42434 | Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Current Policy and Related Issues Archived | Report | Dec 13, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1258 | Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jun 22, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a more structured and stable domestic agricultural labor market in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Advisory bodies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Homeland Security
- Family relationships
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Judicial review and appeals
- Labor standards
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Personnel records
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
