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provide the return transportation required in 
paragraph (2)(D). 
‘‘(5) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.— 
‘‘(A) MODE OF TRANSPORTATION SUBJECT 
TO COVERAGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (iii) and (iv), this sub-
section applies to any H–2A employer that 
uses or causes to be used any vehicle to 
transport an H–2A worker within the 
United States. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINED TERM.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘uses or causes to be 
used’— 
‘‘(I) applies only to transpor-
tation provided by an H–2A employer 
to an H–2A worker, or by a farm 
labor contractor to an H–2A worker 
at the request or direction of an H– 
2A employer; and 
‘‘(II) does not apply to— 
‘‘(aa) 
transportation 
pro-
vided, or transportation arrange-
ments made, by an H–2A work-
er, unless the employer specifi-
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cally requested or arranged such 
transportation; or 
‘‘(bb) car pooling arrange-
ments made by H–2A workers 
themselves, using 1 of the work-
ers’ own vehicles, unless specifi-
cally requested by the employer 
directly or through a farm labor 
contractor. 
‘‘(iii) CLARIFICATION.—Providing a 
job offer to an H–2A worker that causes 
the worker to travel to or from the place 
of employment, or the payment or reim-
bursement of the transportation costs of 
an H–2A worker by an H–2A employer, 
shall not constitute an arrangement of, or 
participation in, such transportation. 
‘‘(iv) AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT
EXCLUDED.—This subsection 
does not apply to the transportation of an 
H–2A worker on a tractor, combine, har-
vester, picker, or other similar machinery 
or equipment while such worker is actually 
engaged in the planting, cultivating, or 
harvesting of agricultural commodities or 
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the care of livestock or poultry or engaged 
in transportation incidental thereto. 
‘‘(v) 
COMMON
CARRIERS
EX-
CLUDED.—This subsection does not apply 
to common carrier motor vehicle transpor-
tation in which the provider holds itself out 
to the general public as engaging in the 
transportation of passengers for hire and 
holds a valid certification of authorization 
for such purposes from an appropriate 
Federal, State, or local agency. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS, LI-
CENSING, AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—When using, or 
causing to be used, any vehicle for the pur-
pose of providing transportation to which 
this subparagraph applies, each employer 
shall— 
‘‘(I) ensure that each such vehi-
cle conforms to the standards pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Labor 
under section 401(b) of the Migrant 
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1841(b)) 
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and other applicable Federal and 
State safety standards; 
‘‘(II) ensure that each driver has 
a valid and appropriate license, as 
provided by State law, to operate the 
vehicle; and 
‘‘(III) have an insurance policy 
or a liability bond that is in effect 
which insures the employer against li-
ability for damage to persons or prop-
erty arising from the ownership, oper-
ation, or causing to be operated, of 
any vehicle used to transport any H– 
2A worker. 
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT
OF
INSURANCE
RE-
QUIRED.—The level of insurance required 
shall be determined by the Secretary of 
Labor pursuant to regulations to be issued 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(iii) EFFECT
OF
WORKERS’ COM-
PENSATION
COVERAGE.—If the employer 
of any H–2A worker provides workers’ 
compensation coverage for such worker in 
the case of bodily injury or death as pro-
vided by State law, the following adjust-
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ments in the requirements of subparagraph 
(B)(i)(III) relating to having an insurance 
policy or liability bond apply: 
‘‘(I) No insurance policy or liabil-
ity bond shall be required of the em-
ployer, if such workers are trans-
ported only under circumstances for 
which there is coverage under such 
State law. 
‘‘(II) An insurance policy or li-
ability bond shall be required of the 
employer for circumstances under 
which coverage for the transportation 
of such workers is not provided under 
such State law. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR LAWS.—An em-
ployer shall assure that, except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the employer will comply with all applicable 
Federal, State, and local labor laws, including laws affect-
ing migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, with re-
spect to all United States workers and alien workers em-
ployed by the employer, except that a violation of this as-
surance shall not constitute a violation of the Migrant and 
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.). 
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‘‘(d) COPY OF JOB OFFER.—The employer shall pro-
vide to the worker, not later than the day the work com-
mences, a copy of the employer’s application and job offer 
described in section 218(a), or, if the employer will require 
the worker to enter into a separate employment contract 
covering the employment in question, such separate em-
ployment contract. 
‘‘(e) RANGE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK.—Nothing 
in this section, section 218, or section 218B shall preclude 
the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary from continuing 
to apply special procedures and requirements to the ad-
mission and employment of aliens in occupations involving 
the range production of livestock. 
‘‘SEC. 218B. PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION AND EXTENSION 
OF STAY OF H–2A WORKERS. 
‘‘(a) PETITIONING FOR ADMISSION.—An employer, 
or an association acting as an agent or joint employer for 
its members, that seeks the admission into the United 
States of an H–2A worker may file a petition with the 
Secretary. The petition shall be accompanied by an accept-
ed and currently valid certification provided by the Sec-
retary of Labor under section 218(e)(2)(B) covering the 
petitioner. 
‘‘(b) EXPEDITED
ADJUDICATION
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall establish a procedure for 
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expedited adjudication of petitions filed under subsection 
(a) and within 7 working days shall, by fax, cable, or other 
means assuring expedited delivery, transmit a copy of no-
tice of action on the petition to the petitioner and, in the 
case of approved petitions, to the appropriate immigration 
officer at the port of entry or United States consulate (as 
the case may be) where the petitioner has indicated that 
the alien beneficiary (or beneficiaries) will apply for a visa 
or admission to the United States. 
‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An H–2A worker shall be 
considered admissible to the United States if the 
alien is otherwise admissible under this section, sec-
tion 218, and section 218A, and the alien is not in-
eligible under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) DISQUALIFICATION.—An alien shall be 
considered inadmissible to the United States and in-
eligible for nonimmigrant status under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) if the alien has, at any time 
during the past 5 years— 
‘‘(A) violated a material provision of this 
section, including the requirement to promptly 
depart the United States when the alien’s au-
thorized period of admission under this section 
has expired; or 
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