[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3121 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3121

 To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1999

Mr. Radanovich 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR.

    Section 3(6) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802(6)) is amended by inserting before the 
period the following: ``other than such a worker who voluntarily enters 
into carpool arrangements or who is directed or requested to do so by a 
person pursuant to Federal, State, or local law''.

SEC. 2. CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION.

    Section 402 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1842) is amended by striking ``No person'' 
and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (b), no person'' and 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Where a person is a farm labor contractor solely because such 
person, for any money or other valuable consideration paid or promised 
to be paid, engages in transporting any migrant or seasonal 
agricultural worker, an agricultural employer or agricultural 
association employing such worker shall be required to take the 
reasonable steps described in subsection (a) only where such employer 
or association had actual knowledge that such transportation was not a 
carpooling arrangement among such workers themselves.''.

SEC. 3. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 401(b)(3) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1841(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(3) The level of insurance required under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
be determined by the applicable transportation requirements under State 
law.''.
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