[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2757 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2757

 To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
                    relating to farm worker housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1999

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
                    relating to farm worker housing.

    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 ``Housing Opportunities for Migrant 
Employees''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF MIGRANT FARM WORKER 
              HOUSING.

    (a) Approved Housing.--Section 203 of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1823) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Any farm worker housing which is regulated and approved for 
health and safety by a Federal or State agency shall not be subject to 
regulation under this section.''.
    (b) Liability.--Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Migrant and 
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1823) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Federal and State'' and inserting 
        ``Federal or State''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``A person who owns 
        or controls a facility for housing migrant agricultural workers 
        shall not be held liable under this subsection for housing 
        conditions which are caused by the housed migrant workers.''.
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