[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4835 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4835

To allow an employer to pay an H-2A worker the Federal minimum wage or 
 the prevailing wage in a case where the employer pays either wage to 
               United States citizens similarly employed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2010

Mr. Whitfield introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow an employer to pay an H-2A worker the Federal minimum wage or 
 the prevailing wage in a case where the employer pays either wage to 
               United States citizens similarly employed.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF MINIMUM OR PREVAILING WAGE TO H-2A WORKERS.

    Section 218(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1188(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Payment of minimum or prevailing wage.--In a case in 
        which an employer pays a qualified United States worker the 
        Federal minimum wage in effect under section 6(a) of the Fair 
        Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)) or the 
        prevailing wage in the area of intended employment, the 
        employer shall not be required to pay an H-2A worker similarly 
        employed more than such wage.''.
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