US Congress House Bill 4092 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on October 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-10-25 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 16.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

AG Act Agricultural Guestworker Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens having a residence in a foreign country which they have no intention of abandoning and who are coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services. An employer seeking to employ aliens as H-2C workers must file a petition with the Department of Homeland Security and provide required information. The maximum period of authorized status for temporary or seasonal H-2C workers is 18 months. For aliens not employed as temporary or seasonal workers, the maximum initial period is 36 months with subsequent periods of 18 months. A trust fund is established to provide a monetary incentive for H-2C workers to return to their countries of origin upon expiration of their visas. The bill establishes annual fiscal year H-2C admission limits. The bill also sets forth provisions regarding: (1) penalties for failure to pay wages or required benefits, (2) working conditions and wages, (3) admissions and extensions of stay, (4) abandonment of employment and worker replacement, (5) protection of U.S. workers, and (6) arbitration and mediation of employment-related claims of H-2C workers.

AG Act Agricultural Guestworker Act

Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-25	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 16.
2017-10-25	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-10-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-10-23	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-10-23	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-10-23	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-10-23	House	Introduced in House

HB4760 (Related) 2018-06-21 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR954 (Similar To) 2018-06-21 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4092/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4092/BILLS-115hr4092ih.pdf