United States Code

29 U.S.C. § 1811

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Bills that would change it 15

  • HR 3525 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 1708 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 3227 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 4319 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 4069 Affordable and Secure Food Act of 2024 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 1615 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 442 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 5282 Affordable and Secure Food Act of 2022 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 8796 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2278 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1537 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor o... Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1603 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 3208 Regulatory Accountability Act Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 5038 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 4916 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) Persons engaged in any farm labor contracting activity No person shall engage in any farm labor contracting activity, unless such person has a certificate of registration from the Secretary specifying which farm labor contracting activities such person is authorized to perform. (b) Hire, employ, or use of any individual to perform farm labor contracting activities by farm labor contractor; liability of farm labor contractor for violations A farm labor contractor shall not hire, employ, or use any individual to perform farm labor contracting activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration, or a certificate of registration as an employee of the farm labor contractor employer, which authorizes the activity for which such individual is hired, employed, or used. The farm labor contractor shall be held responsible for violations of this chapter or any regulation under this chapter by any employee regardless of whether the employee possesses a certificate of registration based on the contractor’s certificate of registration. (c) Possession and exhibition of certificate Each registered farm labor contractor and registered farm labor contractor employee shall carry at all times while engaging in farm labor contracting activities a certificate of registration and, upon request, shall exhibit that certificate to all persons with whom they intend to deal as a farm labor contractor or farm labor contractor employee. (d) Refusal or failure to produce certificate The facilities and the services authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), known as the Wagner-Peyser Act, shall be denied to any farm labor contractor upon refusal or failure to produce, when asked, a certificate of registration.
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