[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4502 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4502

To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to 
  provide an exemption for workers who work year-round and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2005

   Mr. Norwood (for himself, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, and Mr. Graves) 
 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 to 
  provide an exemption for workers who work year-round and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Family Farm and Agricultural 
Definitions Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF THE MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER 
              PROTECTION ACT.

    (a) Family Business Exemption.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Migrant and 
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1803(a)(1)) is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, such 
individual's employees choose to work for another person in addition to 
their work for that individual, such individual used a State employment 
service agency to obtain employees, or such individual obtained 
referrals for employment from the other migrant or seasonal 
agricultural workers''.
    (b) Year-Round Employment.--Section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) any individual who is employed by a 
                        specific agricultural employer or association 
                        on a year-round basis.'';
            (2) in paragraph (10)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) any individual who is employed by a 
                        specific agricultural employer or association 
                        on a year-round basis.''.
    (c) Carpool Arrangements.--Section 3(6) of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802(6)) is amended by 
inserting at the end the following: ``Such term does not include a 
migrant or seasonal agricultural 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.''.
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