US Congress House Bill 242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Legal Agricultural Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a W-visa nonimmigrant classification for temporary agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant temporary agricultural worker program (W-visa) which shall include annual numerical limitations and monthly limitations based on enrollment requests, historical agricultural employment needs, and the reports of U.S. workers applying for agricultural employment; and (2) a trust fund to administer and enforce the program and provide a monetary incentive for such workers to return to their countries upon visa expiration. Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) enrollment requirements, (2) a visa preference allocation system, (3) a biometric identification card requirement, (4) U.S. worker protections, and (5) visa increases due to extraordinary and unusual employment circumstances. Makes such agricultural workers ineligible for need-based federal financial assistance.

Legal Agricultural Workforce Act

Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
2013-01-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-01-14	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2013-01-14	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-01-14	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-01-14	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/242/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr242/BILLS-113hr242ih.pdf