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HR 6083 116th Congress House

Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020

Official title: To create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employm… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy 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.
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy 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.

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Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020

This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor, directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification system, and modifies the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 250 Related bill Legal Workforce Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 1 Republican 8
Bishop, Dan
· Mar 13, 2020
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Mar 4, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Mar 4, 2020
Hartzler, Vicky
· Mar 4, 2020
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 4, 2020
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Mar 4, 2020
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 4, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6083: Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6083/
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"H.R. 6083: Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6083/.
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H.R. 6083, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6083/.
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