Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act reintroduced in the House by Reps. Lofgren and Newhouse.
A widely supported solution for ongoing agricultural labor woes – the Farm Workforce Modernization Act – was reintroduced in the House Wednesday as Congress again looks to advance immigration reform. The bipartisan bill, which passed in the House in 2019 by a vote of 260-165, makes meaningful reforms to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program and creates a first-of-its-kind, merit-based program specifically designed for the nation’s ag sector.
The bill was negotiated over several months with input from farmers, agricultural stakeholders, labor organizations and farmworker advocates. In December 2019, it became the first agriculture labor reform legislation to pass the House of Representatives since 1986 and garnered support of more than 300 agricultural organizations. Since its passage in the House, the bipartisan coalition of members has been working to strengthen sup
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Ag labor solution offered in House
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