H.R. 1891

Summary

H.R. 1891, the Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Mar 5, 2025 by Rep. Greg Steube (R). It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 5, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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H.R. 1891 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 1891 IH: Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-05
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1891  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 5, 2025   Mr. Steube  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To transfer the administration of the H2A program from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2025  .
2.
Administration of H–2A program
(a)
In general
Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188 ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  Secretary of Labor  and inserting  Secretary of Agriculture ; and
(2)
by striking  Attorney General  and inserting  Secretary of Homeland Security .
(b)
Timing
(1)
Effective date of amendments
The amendments made in subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section.
(2)
Transfer of program administration
On the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as are necessary to provide to the Secretary of Agriculture any personnel, funding, and other materials necessary to transfer administration of the H–2A program under section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188 ), to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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To transfer the administration of the H2A program from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Greg Steube (R) sponsors H.R. 1891 alone.

Greg Steube

Rep. · R–FL-17 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 1891 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Mar 5, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1891 has taken 2 actions since Mar 5, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1891 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1891 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To transfer the administration of the H2A program from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1891 in 4 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, Immigration.

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1891 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

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