Sec. 12414. Agricultural Labor Survey
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In carrying out the Agricultural Labor Survey, the Secretary shall make such changes as are necessary to— collect and publish data regarding the average hourly base rate of pay for hired agricultural workers; and ensure survey recipients include all agricultural employers, agricultural associations employing farm labor, and farm labor contractors (as such term is defined in section 500.20 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report examining the quality of the farm labor survey and the impacts of labor costs on agricultural employers.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall examine— with regard to the Agricultural Labor Survey— for each of the previous 5 years— the number of surveys that were distributed; the number of responses to such surveys; and relevant metrics regarding the statistical soundness of such surveys, including the survey response rate; and what actions can be taken by the Secretary to increase the response rate and improve the statistical soundness of such survey; and with regard to agricultural labor costs— the share of such costs as a percentage of total variable costs, broken out by size of operation and by primary commodity produced; an analysis of the impact of such costs on beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 210A(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(a) )); a comparison of the trends of wages surveyed under the agricultural labor survey and the non-farm wage rates over the previous 10 years; an analysis of the extent to which the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (as defined in section 500.10 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) utilized by the H–2A temporary agricultural labor certification program impacts costs for all agricultural workers; and a determination of any adverse effect the wage rate described in clause
(iv)has on domestic agricultural workers.
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