Fair Wages for Farmworkers Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Labor to use state-level wage estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Survey to calculate the minimum wage rate (called the adverse effect wage rate) that must be paid to H-2A temporary agricultural workers. It would also update immigration law to refer to the Secretary of Homeland Security instead of the Attorney General. Finally, it would allow the Department of Homeland Security to begin processing an H-2A worker petition at the same time the Department of Labor is processing the employer's labor certification application.

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Sponsors

• Monica De La Cruz Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors