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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1624 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify the implementation of the adverse |
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| 6 | 6 | | effect wage rate for H–2A nonimmigrants. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OOLENAAR(for himself, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. CRAWFORD, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | EBSTERof Florida, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. MEUSER, Ms. SCHOLTEN, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. L |
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| 14 | 14 | | UCAS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. FULCHER) intro- |
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| 15 | 15 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- |
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| 16 | 16 | | diciary |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify the implementa- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tion of the adverse effect wage rate for H–2A non- |
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| 20 | 20 | | immigrants. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Farm Op-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | erations Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:54 Mar 14, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1624.IH H1624 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1624 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. MODIFIED IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVERSE EFFECT 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WAGE RATE FOR H–2A NONIMMIGRANTS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The Secretary of Labor shall ensure that the adverse 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | effect wage rate required to be paid under section 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 655.1308 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, to non-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | immigrants admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)), that was in effect in a State on 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | December 31, 2023, remains the adverse effect wage rate 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for such employees in that State through December 31, 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2026. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF JOB CLASSIFICATION. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | For the purposes of determining the wage required 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | to be paid referred to in section 2, the Secretary of Labor 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall utilize a primary duties evaluation for such employ-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ees who may be performing more than one duty or task. 16 |
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