Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 4, 2020 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
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.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020
This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor, directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification system, and modifies the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2020 to Mar 13, 2020, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Mar 4, 2020 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Mar 13, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 4, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 250 | Legal Workforce Act | Related bill | Jan 4, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Federal preemption
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Personnel records
- Photography and imaging
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Unemployment
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2020Introduced in House
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