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H.R. 7824 96th Congress House

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980

Official title: A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963, as amended, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 24, 1980 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Agricultural cooperativesAgricultural laborAgricultural societiesAgriculture and Rural Affairs
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ContractorsMigrant laborSeasonal laborStandardsTax-exempt organizations
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 24, 1980
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of "farm labor contractor" to: (1) broaden specified exclusions from such definition (thus broadening certain exemptions from coverage under such Act); and (2) exclude from such definition (and such coverage) any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, or ranchers, duly incorporated under appropriate State laws, and operated solely for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and any full-time or regular employee of such association or cooperative who engages in such activity solely for such employer. Adds other definitions relating to such revisions.

Revises the definition of "agricultural employment" to specify that listed activities take place on a farm or ranch.

Limits the definition of "migrant worker" to mean (among individuals engaged in agricultural employment on a farm or ranch on a seasonal or temporary basis) only those who cannot regularly return to their domicile each day after working hours, or who are transported from and to their domicile each workday by the person who recruits, solicits, hires, or furnishes such worker for agricultural employment on a farm or ranch owned or operated by another person.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7824: Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-7824/
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"H.R. 7824: Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-7824/.
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