HR 2377
105th Congress
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Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997
Introduced: August 1, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 1998
See H.R.3410.
Sep 19, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 4, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sep 3, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Aug 15, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Aug 13, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Commerce, 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.
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Aug 1, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program for the U.S. admission of temporary or seasonal agricultural workers based upon an employer labor condition attestation filed with the appropriate State agency. Sets forth program provisions.
Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury to assure the return of such workers to their home countries.
What's happening now
See H.R.3410.
Committees of jurisdiction
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