3.0.0
1537
2023-01-11T13:46:23Z
2023-01-11T13:46:23Z
House
HR
2021-03-03
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LOFGREN:H.R. 1537.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with thepower to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''[Page H1080]
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Judiciary Committee
House
Standing
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Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2021-05-18T19:45:53Z
  - Referred to
2021-03-03T14:06:20Z
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Financial Services Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-03-03T14:06:35Z
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Education and the Workforce Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-03-03T14:06:30Z
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-03-03T14:06:25Z

- Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
117
1603
HR
2021-03-22
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  - Identical bill
CRS

- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2021
117
1728
HR
2021-03-10
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  - Related bill
CRS

- VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2021
117
1882
HR
2021-03-12
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2022
117
4872
S
2022-09-20
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2021-05-18
  - hsju01
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committee
- 2021-03-03
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsba00
Financial Services Committee
- 2021-03-03
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsed00
Education and the Workforce Committee
- 2021-03-03
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hswm00
Ways and Means Committee
- 2021-03-03
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsju00
Judiciary Committee
- 2021-03-03
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
9
Library of Congress
- 2021-03-03
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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9
Library of Congress
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Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
ZOE
LOFGREN
D
CA
19
N
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Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Dan
Newhouse
R
WA
4
2021-03-03
True
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Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Jim
Costa
D
CA
16
2021-03-03
True
- P000613
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Jimmy
Panetta
D
CA
20
2021-03-03
True
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Immigration
00
2021-03-03
Introduced in House
2021-04-13T16:18:49Z
Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
This bill contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant CAW status to an applying alien who (1) performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to March 3, 2021; (2) on that date was inadmissible, deportable, or under a grant of deferred enforced departure or temporary protected status; and (3) has been continuously present in the United States from that date until receiving CAW status. The bill imposes additional crime-related inadmissibility grounds on CAW applicants and makes some other grounds inapplicable.
CAW status shall be valid for 5.5 years and may be extended. DHS may grant dependent status to the spouse or children of a principal alien.
An alien with a pending application may not be detained or removed by DHS and shall be authorized for employment until DHS makes a final decision on the application.
A CAW alien (and dependents) may apply for lawful permanent resident status after meeting various requirements, including performing a certain amount of agricultural labor for a number of years.
DHS shall create an electronic platform for (1) filing H-2A petitions, (2) facilitating the processing of H-2A cases, and (3) providing agencies a single tool for obtaining H-2A-related case information.
The bill makes various changes to the H-2A program, such as (1) modifying the method for calculating and making adjustments to the H-2A worker minimum wage, (2) specifying how an employer may satisfy requirements that it attempted to recruit U.S. workers, (3) requiring H-2A employers to guarantee certain minimum work hours, (4) making the program available for agricultural work that is not temporary or seasonal, and (5) reserving a visa allocation for the dairy industry.
DHS shall establish a pilot program allowing certain H-2A workers to apply for portable status, which gives the worker 60 days after leaving a position to secure new employment with a registered H-2A employer.
DHS shall establish an electronic system patterned on the E-Verify Program for employers to verify an individual's identity and employment authorization. Employers hiring individuals for agricultural employment must use the system.
This bill permanently establishes the Housing Preservation and Revitalization Program, which provides financing assistance for rural rental housing and off-farm labor housing and rental assistance for qualified tenants of such housing. It also authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide various assistance, including funding for insuring loans and grants for new farmworker housing.

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.
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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.
- Official Title as Introduced

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.
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill

Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2021
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2021-03-03T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr1537ih/xml/BILLS-117hr1537ih.xml
2021-05-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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