Fairness for Farm Workers Act

3.0.0 4579 2025-12-05T08:27:53Z 2025-12-05T08:27:53Z House H HR 2023-07-12 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4579 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 4579.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII and Section 3(c) ofH. Res. 5 the following statements are submitted regarding(1) the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S.Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or jointresolution and (2) the single subject of the bill or jointresolution.The single subject of this legislation is:This legislation will amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of1938 to provide increased labor law protections foragricultural workers and for other purposes.[Page H3477]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-12T14:01:40Z Fairness for Farm Workers Act 118 2253 S 2023-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2362-2363) Identical bill CRS 2023-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 N B001300 Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] Nanette Barragan D CA Diaz 44 2023-07-12 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2023-07-12 True B001223 Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] Jamaal Bowman D NY 16 2023-07-12 True B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2023-07-12 True C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2023-07-12 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2023-07-12 True C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] André Carson D IN 7 2023-07-12 True C001131 Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] Greg Casar D TX 35 2023-07-12 True C001066 Rep. 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Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2024-12-20 False Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 2023-08-08T17:00:32Z Fairness for Farm Workers Act Display Title 45 Fairness for Farm Workers Act 2024-06-11T15:46:27Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Fairness for Farm Workers Act 2024-05-24T13:38:00Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T21:08:36Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr4579ih/xml/BILLS-118hr4579ih.xml 2023-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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. 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