US Congress House Bill 3017 (Prior Session Legislation)

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October 12 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011- Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2010, has performed specified lengths of, or earned a specified amount from, agricultural employment in the United States; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors. Sets forth grounds for termination of blue card status, including: (1) deportability, and (2) commission or conviction of certain crimes. Provides for adjustment of blue card status to permanent resident status based upon completed periods of agricultural employment. Exempts an alien from certain Social Security-related violations if committed prior to receiving blue card status. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require farm labor contractors to participate in the E-verify Program. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to prohibit farm labor contractors from hiring an alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who has not been otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work. Establishes a trust fund for agricultural labor market reform.

Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011

Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Sanchez, Linda T.
Rep Thompson, Mike

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-10-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
2011-09-22	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-09-22	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-09-22	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-09-22	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-09-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB1258 (Related) 2011-06-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03017:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3017ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3017ih.pdf