FARM Stability Act

This bill changes the rules for wages paid to H-2A workers, who are foreign workers admitted for temporary farm jobs. If the Secretary of Labor decides these workers must be paid a minimum wage other than the federal or state farm minimum wage, the Secretary would have to set a two-level wage rate each year. Entry-level positions would be Skill Level I, and positions needing education, training certificates, or significant farm experience would be Skill Level II, with a higher wage. The Secretary would also set a yearly adjustment to the wage rate in each state to account for the value of housing provided to these workers, based on federal fair market rent data for 4-bedroom units and capped at 30 percent of the wage rate.

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Sponsors

• Ted Budd Republican sponsor
• 8 cosponsors