[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2612]
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  SA 1797. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Tillis) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2882, to 
reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final 
     rule entitled ``Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the 
     Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range 
     Occupations in the United States'' (88 Fed. Reg. 12760), 
     which was published in the Federal Register on February 28, 
     2023 by the Department of Labor.
       (b) The minimum wage rate required to be paid under the H-
     2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker program if such wage rate 
     would have been determined under the final rule referred to 
     in subsection (a) shall be the minimum wage rate in effect on 
     February 27, 2023, for the State in which the agricultural 
     labor or services are to be performed.
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