H.R. 1624

Summary

H.R. 1624, the Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 26, 2025 by Rep. John Moolenaar (R) with 14 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Feb 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 1624 has 14 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1624 IH: Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-26
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1624  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 26, 2025   Mr. Moolenaar  (for himself,  Mr. Bergman ,  Mr. Bentz ,  Mr. Crawford ,  Mr. Webster of Florida ,  Mr. Huizenga ,  Mr. Meuser ,  Ms. Scholten ,  Mr. Lucas ,  Mr. Newhouse ,  Mr. LaHood , and  Mr. Fulcher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify the implementation of the adverse effect wage rate for H–2A nonimmigrants.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2025  .
2.
Modified implementation of adverse effect wage rate for H–2A nonimmigrants
The Secretary of Labor shall ensure that the adverse effect wage rate required to be paid under section 655.1308 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, to nonimmigrants admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) ), that was in effect in a State on December 31, 2023, remains the adverse effect wage rate for such employees in that State through December 31, 2026.
3.
Clarification of job classification
For the purposes of determining the wage required to be paid referred to in section 2, the Secretary of Labor shall utilize a primary duties evaluation for such employees who may be performing more than one duty or task.

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To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify the implementation of the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A nonimmigrants.

Sponsors

Rep. John Moolenaar (R) sponsors H.R. 1624, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 11 of them from the day it was introduced.

John Moolenaar

Rep. · R–MI-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025

Cliff Bentz

Rep. · R–OR-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Eric Crawford

Rep. · R–AR-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Russ Fulcher

Rep. · R–ID-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Bill Huizenga

Rep. · R–MI-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Darin LaHood

Rep. · R–IL-16 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Frank Lucas

Rep. · R–OK-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Dan Meuser

Rep. · R–PA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Dan Newhouse

Rep. · R–WA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 1624 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Feb 26, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1624 has taken 2 actions since Feb 26, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1624 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1624 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify the implementation of the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A nonimmigrants. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 32 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1624 in 28 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (domestic/foreign), Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Transportation, Chemicals/Chemical Industry.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 32.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1624 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1624’s is Immigration.

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