HR-6417 : Still Just a Bill

AG and Legal Workforce Act

This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services. In addition, the bill (1) directs the Department of Homeland Security to create an electronic employment-eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system, and (2) mandates the use of such a system by employers.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-09-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.House committee actions
2018-07-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.House floor actions
2018-07-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.House floor actions
2018-07-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.House floor actions
2018-07-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.House floor actions
2018-07-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Bob Goodlatte [R] (VA-6)
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Policy Area :

Immigration
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  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Aquaculture
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Congressional oversight
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Foreign labor
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Horticulture and plants
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Livestock
  • Manufacturing
  • Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
  • Performance measurement
  • Right of privacy
  • State and local government operations
  • Temporary and part-time employment
  • User charges and fees
  • Visas and passports
  • Wages and earnings
  • Labor market
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Homeland Security

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