[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2659]
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[FR Doc No: 96-1293]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 1d

RIN 0503-AA14


Expiration of the Special Agricultural Worker Program

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, United States Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule removes the regulations of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) relating to special agricultural 
workers (SAWs) under section 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(INA), as added by section 302 of the Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986 (IRCA). Specifically, this final rule removes the USDA 
regulations pertaining to the SAW program as the program expired on 
December 1, 1988.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Al French, USDA, Telephone (202) 720-4737, Internet: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The INA was amended by the IRCA (8 U.S.C. 
1160) to (1) control illegal immigration into the United States and (2) 
make limited changes in the system for legal immigration. There was 
concern during consideration of the IRCA that employers in seasonal 
agricultural services (SAS), who had come to rely on unauthorized 
aliens to perform field work, would be unable to obtain sufficient 
legal workers to satisfy their needs.
    To address this concern, the IRCA added section 210 to the INA to 
establish a program that granted temporary resident alien status to 
SAWs who could demonstrate that they performed SAS for at least 90 man-
days during the 12-month period ending May 1, 1986. The definition of 
SAS is contained in regulations promulgated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture at 7 CFR Part 1d and defined the fruits, the vegetables, 
and the other perishable commodities in which field work related to 
planting, cultural practices, cultivating, growing, and harvesting 
would be considered SAS.
    As the statutory authority for the SAW program has expired and 
Congress has given no indication that the program will be reauthorized, 
USDA believes that it is appropriate to remove the implementing 
regulations.
    This regulatory action is being taken as part of the National 
Performance Review program to eliminate unnecessary regulations and 
improve those that remain in force.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1d

    Agriculture, Aliens, Immigration, Labor, Migrant workers, Rural 
labor.

PART 1d--[REMOVED]

    Accordingly, under the authority of 8 U.S.C. 1160, Part 1d of title 
7, subtitle A, of the Code of Federal Regulations is removed.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 19th day of January, 1996.
Keith J. Collins,
Chief Economist.
[FR Doc. 96-1293 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]
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