3.0.0 1887 2022-11-01T13:51:03Z 2022-11-01T13:51:03Z Senate S 2019-06-18 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-18T20:08:06Z Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act 116 3319 HR 2019-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Immigration Administrative remedies Aquaculture Department of Labor Foreign labor Forests, forestry, trees Fruit and vegetables Horticulture and plants Immigration status and procedures Livestock Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Seafood Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-19T11:04:47Z Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act

This bill expands the H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) visa program to cover additional types of labor, makes various changes to the program, and provides a safe harbor for errors in nonimmigrant worker visa applications in certain instances.

The bill makes H-2A visas available to an alien providing temporary labor that falls within the federal government classification categories for (1) grounds maintenance workers; (2) farming, fishing, and forestry occupations; or (3) forest, conservation, and logging workers.

The bill authorizes joint employers to file a joint petition for an H-2A alien.

The bill allows (1) employers seeking to rehire an H-2A worker to submit a simplified petition, and (2) employers seeking to hire H-2A workers for different time periods during a fiscal year to submit a single petition for such workers.

The Department of Labor shall establish an electronic filing and appeals system for H-2A petitions. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shall communicate electronically with an H-2A employer when USCIS requests evidence from the employer, if the employer asks to do so.

An employer who uses a third-party service to apply for a nonimmigrant worker visa shall not be civilly or criminally liable for errors in the application if the employer reasonably believed that the application was accurate and complied with statutory requirements.

]]> Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act Display Title Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to streamline the application process for H-2A employers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1887is/xml/BILLS-116s1887is.xml 2019-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.