,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,de ,la ,cruz 7for herself and
 ,ms4 ,salazar7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to direct the ,secretary of labor to   
use ,state occupational employment and  
wage estimates to calculate the adverse 
effect wage rate required to be paid to 
,h-#b;,a workers1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,fair ,wages for    
,farmworkers ,act4  #b4 ,use of         
,occupational ,employment and ,wage     
,statistics ,survey to calculate the    
adverse effect wage rate ,the ,secretary
 of ,labor shall use the ,state         
occupational employment and wage        
estimates in the ,occupational          
,employment and ,wage ,statistics       
,survey conducted by the ,bureau of     
,labor ,statistics to calculate the     
adverse effect wage rate required to be 

paid under section #fee4acjh of title   
#bj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 to 
nonimmigrants admitted under section    
#aja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a7 of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,h77ii77a774  
#c4 ,processing of ,h-#b;,a worker      
petitions ,section #bah7;a7 of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahh7;a77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,attorney
 ,general and inserting ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security2 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#c7 ,the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security is    
authorized to begin processing a        
petition for the admission of an alien  
as an ,h-#b;,a worker while the         
,secretary of ,labor processes the      
application for a certification         
described in paragraph 7#a74  4