S. 4249 119th Congress Senate

FARM Stability Act

Official title: A bill to authorize, if applicable, the Secretary of Labor to annually establish a 2-tiered wage rate for H-2A workers that distinguishes between entry-level a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize, if applicable, the Secretary of Labor to annually establish a 2-tiered wage rate for H-2A workers that distinguishes between entry-level and experience-level workers and to annually establish a compensation adjustment factor to account for the value of housing provided to H-2A workers.

Introduced: March 26, 2026 Introduced by: Ted Budd Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment

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Mar 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MR. JONATHAN MOORE
for TURFGRASS PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL · Illinois · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MR. JONATHAN MOORE
for TURFGRASS PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL · Illinois · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION (FKA UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION)
for INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION (FKA UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
for ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · Alabama · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
for PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · Pennsylvania · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
for PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · Pennsylvania · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
6 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
5 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
5 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
White House Office
4 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 9

Graham, Lindsey

South Carolina · Apr 16, 2026

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Mar 26, 2026

Crapo, Mike

Idaho · Mar 26, 2026

Hyde-Smith, Cindy

Mississippi · Mar 26, 2026

Lummis, Cynthia M.

Wyoming · Mar 26, 2026

Ricketts, Pete

Nebraska · Mar 26, 2026

Scott, Tim

South Carolina · Mar 26, 2026

Tillis, Thomas

North Carolina · Mar 26, 2026

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Mar 26, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4249: FARM Stability Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4249/

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"S. 4249: FARM Stability Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4249/.

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S. 4249, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4249/.

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