Topic

Agricultural labor

170 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 49. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
49 bills in the 109th Congress. Showing 1–30, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HJRES 12 To commemorate the spirit of Cesar E. Chavez: "Si Se Puede". Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. January 26, 2005
HR 6030 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. September 25, 2006
HR 5970 Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5970 was not agreed to (Roll Call No. 229) entered in Senate. August 3, 2006
HR 5647 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 289. June 20, 2006
HR 5628 To provide for an initial period of admission of 36 months for aliens employed as dairy workers. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. June 15, 2006
HR 5384 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11127-11159; text of measure as reported in House: CR S11127-11140) December 5, 2006
HR 5047 Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act Executive Comment Requested from Interior. April 4, 2006
HR 4868 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain agricultural employers a credit against income tax for a portion of wages paid to nonimmigrant H-2A workers. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. March 2, 2006
HR 4603 Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. May 1, 2006
HR 4504 Agriculture Access to Justice Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. March 27, 2006
HR 4503 Agricultural Worker Protection and Workplace Improvement Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. March 27, 2006
HR 4502 Family Farm and Agricultural Definitions Restoration Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. March 27, 2006
HR 4330 Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Ways and Means, and Resources, 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. November 15, 2005
HR 4038 Unlawful Employers Accountability Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. February 6, 2006
HR 4028 To require employers of temporary H-2A workers to pay such workers at least the greater of the Federal or State minimum wage rate. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. February 6, 2006
HR 3857 Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. October 17, 2005
HR 3700 Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total (RIGHT) Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. October 17, 2005
HR 3561 Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2320) May 9, 2006
HR 3482 CARE Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. October 12, 2005
HR 2870 Youth Worker Protection Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. July 25, 2005
HR 2360 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-90. October 18, 2005
HR 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258. October 25, 2005
HR 1365 Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. April 29, 2005
HR 1272 Encouraging Work Act of 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. March 14, 2005
HR 1268 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 Became Public Law No: 109-13. May 11, 2005
HR 884 Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. April 4, 2005
HR 609 College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 388. April 4, 2006
HRES 787 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all workers deserve fair treatment and safe working conditions, and honoring Dolores Huerta for her commitment to the improvement of working conditions for farm worker families and the rights of women and children. Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. May 24, 2006
HRES 127 Urging the establishment and observation of a legal public holiday in honor of Cesar E. Chavez. Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. March 1, 2005
S 3829 Tax Relief and Minimum Wage Act of 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. August 3, 2006

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.