Bill Details
HR.1891 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
Immigration
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This bill would move the federal H-2A farmworker program from the Department of Labor to the Department of Agriculture. The H-2A program lets U.S. farmers hire workers from other countries for seasonal agricultural jobs when there are not enough domestic workers available. Under this bill, Agriculture would take over running the program, while the law would also update one reference so the Secretary of Homeland Security is named instead of the Attorney General. The change would take effect 60 days after the bill becomes law, and the Department of Labor would be required to help hand over the program by transferring the needed staff, money, and other materials.
- The bill shifts responsibility for the H-2A program from Labor to Agriculture.
- The change would begin 60 days after enactment.
- Labor would have to transfer personnel, funding, and other resources needed to run the program.
- The bill also updates a related legal reference from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1891 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1891
To transfer the administration of the H2A program from the Secretary of
Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To transfer the administration of the H2A program from the Secretary of
Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Moving H-2A to United States
Department of Agriculture Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF H-2A PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1188) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Secretary of Labor'' and inserting
``Secretary of Agriculture''; and
(2) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting
``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
(b) Timing.--
(1) Effective date of amendments.--The amendments made in
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this section.
(2) Transfer of program administration.--On the date that
is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the
Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as are necessary to
provide to the Secretary of Agriculture any personnel, funding,
and other materials necessary to transfer administration of the
H-2A program under section 218 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188), to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
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