CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.

H.J.Res. 154 · House resolution Labor and Employment

A Democratic resolution with 19 Democratic cosponsors · See all 19 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This joint resolution aims to express congressional disapproval of a specific rule submitted by the Department of Labor. The rule in question concerns the "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States." If passed, this resolution would ensure that the rule has no force or effect.

Yes

No question was scored yes.

The opposite· 3 of 6

  • Scored -3

    Does this raise the lowest wage an employer may pay?

    By overturning the Adverse Effect Wage Rate methodology, the bill removes a rule intended to establish higher wage floors for H-2A workers.

  • Scored -2

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The removal of higher wage rate methodologies may lead to lower wage floors for agricultural workers.

  • Scored -2

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill negatively impacts H-2A nonimmigrant workers by overturning rules designed to protect their wage levels.