[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 427 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 427

 To transfer the administration of the H-2A program from the Secretary 
   of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2021

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer the administration of the H-2A program from the Secretary 
   of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Moving H-2A to United States 
Department of Agriculture Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF H-2A PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1188) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary of Labor'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of Agriculture''; and
            (2) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
    (b) Timing.--
            (1) Effective date of amendments.--The amendments made in 
        subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this section.
            (2) Transfer of program administration.--On the date that 
        is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as are necessary to 
        provide to the Secretary of Agriculture any personnel, funding, 
        and other materials necessary to transfer administration of the 
        H-2A program under section 218 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188), to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture.
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