HR 6847 · 119th Congress

Fair Wages for Farmworkers Act

This bill changes how the government calculates the minimum wage that farms must pay foreign workers in the H-2A visa program. Currently, the Department of Labor uses a specific method to set what's called the 'adverse effect wage rate'—basically the lowest amount farms can legally pay these temporary workers. This…

Sponsor

De La Cruz, Monica (R-Texas)

Introduced

2025-12-18

Policy area

Immigration

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.