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HR 1003 107th Congress House Taxation Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Indexing (Economic policy) Labor and Employment Unemployment insurance Wages Withholding tax

Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act

Introduced: March 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 13, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase (from $20,000 to $50,000) the maximum amount of wages that a farmer can pay for agricultural labor without being subject to the Federal unemployment tax on that labor; and (2) provide for an annual inflation adjustment to such maximum amount of wages.
What's happening now March 13, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 13, 2001
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 13, 2001
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 13, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1003: Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1003/
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"H.R. 1003: Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1003/.
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H.R. 1003, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1003/.
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