Family Farm Relief Act of 2015
Latest action · May 15, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Farm Relief Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.)
Includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum three-year period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period.
Revises H-2A certification provisions.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2015 to Nov 17, 2015, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Nov 17, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Apr 15, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign labor
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Livestock
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2015Introduced in House
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