To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to simplify the petitioning procedure for H-2A workers, to expand the scope of the H-2A program, and for other purposes.
United States115th CongressHR-281House of Representatives
Updated: May 2, 2017
Summary
Family Farm Relief Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Administration of the H-2A program is transferred from the Department of Labor to USDA.) The bill: (1) includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum three-year period of admissions, which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period; and (2) revises H-2A certification provisions.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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