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Referenced Laws
8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farm Workforce Support Act of 2025.
Section 2
2. Report on H–2A temporary visa program Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to certain Congressional committees on the H–2A program, including— an analysis of the impact the program has on hiring, including the impact on domestic workers and guest workers and whether there is an increasing reliance on the program by American employers; identification of any challenges in securing adequate, affordable housing for guest workers; implications of wage rate requirements under the program on an American employer’s ability to recruit domestic workers in comparison to guest workers; an analysis of the economic impact of lost wages from a spouse and unmarried children of a guest worker; and examining compliance with working condition guarantees outlined in a guest worker’s contract made pursuant to the H–2A program. In this section: The term American employer means an individual, company, or organization that hires another individual and pays such individual a salary or wage, in the United States. The term certain Congressional committees means the— Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives; Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. The term domestic worker means a United States citizen who is employed in the United States. The term guest worker means a worker who is a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)). The term H–2A program means the admission of nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)).