HR 4504
109th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Employee rights
Evidence (Law)
Industrial relations
Legal aid
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Migrant labor
Agriculture Access to Justice Act
Introduced: December 13, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 16, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Dec 13, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Dec 13, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Agriculture Access to Justice Act - Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to: (1) revise requirements for the award of statutory damages in an action for intentional violation of the Act; (2) provide for recovery of attorneys fees by a prevailing defendant in certain circumstances; and (3) set a statute of limitations of two years after a specified request date for any claim.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cosponsors
1