tablishment and operation of farm, area, and
industrywide labor management committees
that—
(i) have been organized jointly by em-
ployers 
and 
labor 
organizations 
rep-
resenting employees in that farm, area, or
industry; and
(ii) are established for the purpose of
improving labor management relationships,
job security, organizational effectiveness,
enhancing economic development and pro-
ductivity, or involving workers in decisions
affecting their jobs, including improving
communication with respect to subjects of
mutual concern.
(B) The Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service shall enter into contracts and make
grants, where necessary or appropriate, to fulfill
its responsibilities under this section.
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR
OTHER ASSISTANCE.—
(A) REPRESENTATION BY LABOR ORGANI-
ZATIONS; 
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
AGREE-
MENTS.—No grant may be made, no contract
may be entered into, and no other assistance
may be provided under the provisions of this
section to a farm or ranch labor management
committee unless the employees at that farm or
ranch are represented by a labor organization
and there is in effect at that farm or ranch a
collective bargaining agreement.
(B) PARTICIPATION
IN
LABOR
MANAGE-
MENT COMMITTEES.—No grant may be made,
no contract may be entered into, and no other
assistance may be provided under the provisions
of this section to an area or industrywide labor
management committee unless its participants
include any labor organizations certified or rec-
ognized as the representative of the employees
of an employer participating in such committee.
Nothing shall prohibit participation in an area
or industywide committee by an employer not
represented by a labor organization.
(C) RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.—No grant may be made under
the provisions of this section to any labor man-
agement committee which the Secretary finds to
have as one of its purposes the discouragement
of the exercise of the right to organize or the
interference with collective bargaining at any
ranch or farm.
(e) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall
use funds available under section 303(c)(2) to estab-
lish demonstration projects to improve labor man-
agement practices in agriculture and use the existing
farm labor force more efficiently. These projects may
include, but are not limited to—
(A) projects to enhance the recruitment of
workers and demonstrate the feasibility of es-
tablishing migrant itineraries through the provi-
sion of worker transportation and support serv-
ices;
(B) local job referral and labor-sharing
networks;
(C) workplace literacy programs for mi-
grant and seasonal farmworkers, including
workers who reside part of the year in Mexico;
(D) bilingual workers’ rights hotlines;
(E) occupational safety and health pro-
grams;
(F) development and implementation of
labor-saving and other workplace technologies;
(G) establishment of agricultural sector-
based cross-training and development consor-
tiums;
(H) customized training for individual em-
ployers; and
(I) agricultural career-laddering training,
and development.
(2) GRANTS.—
(A) ELIGIBILITY.—To carry out the pro-
grams and projects described in paragraph
(1)(A), the Secretary of Labor shall award
grants to farmworker unions and other farm-
worker community-based organizations, and
higher education institutions.
(B) COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.—Consider-
ation in the awarding of grants should be given
to any proposal demonstrating collaboration be-
tween a union or other farmworker organization
and an employer or employer organization.
(C) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.—In making
grants under this paragraph, the Secretary
shall make every effort to fairly distribute the
grants across different geographic areas of the
country but give priority to those areas of the
country employing substantial numbers of H–
2A workers.
(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
GRANT
APPLICA-
TION.—Applications for grants shall include an
agreement that the program or project shall be sub-
ject to evaluation by the Secretary of Labor to meas-
ure its effectiveness.
SEC. 304. REGULATIONS.
(a) REGULATIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—
The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of
Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture on all regulations
to implement the duties of the Attorney General under
this Act.
(b) REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—
The Secretary of State shall consult with the Attorney
General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture on all regulations to implement the duties of the
Secretary of State under this Act.
(c) REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.—
The Secretary of Labor shall consult with the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Attorney General on all regulations
to implement the duties of the Secretary of Labor under
this Act.
(d) DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—
All regulations to implement the duties of the Attorney