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Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 116th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5038: November 12, 2019 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 62 Passed in the House (260 - 165). [8] H.R. 4916: September 30, 2019 46 Died in Committee 117th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1537: March 3, 2021
Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes. H.R. 1619: March 8, 2021: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021, passed by the House March 18 with bipartisan support, offers a path to legal status for ag laborers and ... Immigration bill sparks hope for farmers ...
Democrats have indicated they are unlikely to take up this bill immediately, instead focusing on advancing piecemeal legislation in the form of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021. [26] Joe Biden has indicated that he would be open to this piecemeal approach. [27]
He’s hopeful that a bipartisan bill, called The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, can somehow make it through a divided Congress. In the meantime, he’s at the whim of whoever pulls into his ...
Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production
The law did not provide a legal way for the great number of low-skilled workers wishing to enter the United States. Following this 1986 law, almost 12 million undocumented workers came illegally across the U.S. border. It was estimated that this illegal workforce made up about five percent of the U.S. workforce.
Adopting policy reforms, like the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, would begin much-needed and long-awaited reform for agricultural labor, bringing stability to farmers, improving food security ...