HR7541-119

In Committee

U.S. Farmworker Protection Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, U.S. Farmworker Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Agriculture, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD50BF5BC6D0248379227A6E4B6F2B65A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. Farmworker Protection Act.
  • Section H464F197BAE6B4BC1BC0FD70193E41F06: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the H–2A program, as created by section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188), has...
  • Section HF49E2A3D9D9E4E949BC633445D8708D7: 3. Creating annual restrictions on the H–2A program Section 218(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(a)) is amended by adding at the end...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, U.S. Farmworker Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Agriculture, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, U.S. Farmworker Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Agriculture Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 12, 2026

Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. García of Illinois, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Agriculture Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"bargaining representative" §HF49E2A3D9D9E4E949BC633445D8708D7

a labor organization (as such term is defined in section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152)) that— represents agricultural employees in their employment relations with agricultural employers

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