Ag Alert March 24, 2021

The bill, H.R. 1603, was reintroduced earlier this month by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, andDanNewhouse, R-Wash., who also co-sponsored a nearly identi- cal bill two years ago. The earlier bill also passed theHousewithbipartisansupport, but was not taken up in the Senate. WithHouse passage of the act a second time, the focus againreturns to theSenate. Johansson said Farm Bureau will work withCaliforniaSens.DianneFeinsteinand AlexPadilla toseekrefinements to thebill’s guestworker provisions. “We know Sens. Feinstein and Padilla appreciate the importance of easing chronic employee shortages onCalifornia Workforce Continued from Page 1

farms, andof providingmore stability and dignity to themen and women who work inagriculture,”he said. “Farmers and farm employees are eager to see the Senate move quickly in addressing immigration reform for agriculture.” Feinstein announced support of the bill the day following its House passage, noting its similarities to a “blue card” proposal she has supported in the past that would create a path to legal status for agricultural employees. “Now that the bill has passed the House, I will work with my colleagues to pass it in the Senate,” Feinstein said in a statement. “I’ve worked on farmworker legislation for years, and can tell you this is long overdue. It’s time to give farmers

the help they need andprotect the essen- tial workerswhoworkhard toput foodon our tables.” On Twitter, Padilla described as “big news” passage of the agricultural bill and a separate bill to create a pathway to citi- zenship for undocumented immigrants brought to theU.S. as children. “Let ’s keep up this momentum,” Padilla said. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act laysout apath to legal status forpeople who have put in at least 180 days of work in agriculture during the past two years. These employees could earn Certified Agricultural Worker status by remaining inagricultural employment for at least 100 days per year and passing a background check. Suchlegal statuswouldalsoapply to theemployee’sspouseandminorchildren. Agricultural employees who want to earn green cards can work their way to- ward that goal by paying a $1,000 fine and continuing to work in agriculture for at least eight years—for thosewhohave few- er than10 years in—or fourmore years for thosewith10ormore years of agricultural employment. The bill also seeks to reform the H-2A visa program under which nonimmi- grant agricultural employees come to the United States. H-2A provisions include streamlining theapplicationprocess, allowing employ- ers to stagger start times, moving adver- tisements for domestic employees from newspapers to online job sites and allow- ing some H-2A visa holders to work for multiple employers. The bill also would allot as many as 20,000 visas at the outset for employees of year-round operations such as dairies and nurseries. Once all other provisions of the bill are enacted, it wouldmandate use of the E-Verify employment-verification system for agricultural hiring, including due-pro- cessprotections forpeoplewrongly reject- ed by the system. TheFarmWorkforceModernizationAct

earned support from hundreds of other agricultural organizations. TheNationalMilkProducersFederation saidthebroadsupport among farmgroups and bipartisan vote in the House demon- strate the “acuteneed” for agricultural im- migration reform. NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern said House passage “provides crucial momentum toward addressing dairy’s ongoing workforce cri- sis, which has only intensified during the COVIDpandemic.” At the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, President Chuck Conner calledHouse passage of the bill a “critical step” toward achieving longstanding im- migration-reform goals. Though he said the organization has concerns with some provisions, he said the bill “provides an excellent starting point for the Senate to beginwork on the issue.” Descr ibing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act as “well-crafted and durable,”WesternGrowers President and CEO Dave Puglia noted that it addresses both the existingworkforce and the future flowof workers and had been “negotiated in painstaking detail and agreed to by ad- vocates representing farmers and farm- workers alike.” Johansson said Senate action on the bill would demonstrate support for the essential work being done by agricul- tural employees through the yearlong COVID-19 pandemic. “The men and women who work on farms and ranches have shown dedica- tion to their jobs and to their commu- nities during an extremely trying time,” he said. “Everyone in the country has benefited from that dedication. Farmers and farm employees need a legislative solution that will help assure farms and ranches retain the flexibility to respond to changing demands for safe, healthy food and farmproducts.” (Kevin Hecteman i s an ass i stant editor of Ag Alert. He may be contacted at khecteman@cfbf.com.)

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