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‘‘(i) Beginning on January 1, 2022, 55 hours in 
any workweek. 
‘‘(ii) Beginning on January 1, 2023, 50 hours 
in any workweek. 
‘‘(iii) Beginning on January 1, 2024, 45 hours 
in any workweek. 
‘‘(iv) Beginning on January 1, 2025, 40 hours 
in any workweek. 
‘‘(C) With respect to any employer that employs 25 
or fewer employees— 
‘‘(i) the requirement under subparagraph (A) 
shall begin on January 1, 2025; and 
‘‘(ii) the hours specified under subparagraph 
(B) shall be as follows: 
‘‘(I) The number of hours specified under 
subparagraph (B)(i) shall begin on January 1, 
2025. 
‘‘(II) The number of hours specified under 
subparagraph (B)(ii) shall begin on January 1, 
2026. 
‘‘(III) The number of hours specified 
under subparagraph (B)(iii) shall begin on Jan-
uary 1, 2027. 
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‘‘(IV) The number of hours specified under 
subparagraph (B)(iv) shall begin on January 1, 
2028.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (m). 
(b) REMOVING CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FOR AGRICUL-
TURAL WORK.—Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(6) to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) any employee employed in agriculture who 
is the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the 
employer’s immediate family;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (12) through 
(16); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (17), 
(20), (21), (24), (27), (28), (29), and (30) as 
paragraphs (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), 
(18), and (19), respectively; and 
(3) by striking subsections (h) through (j). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.— 
Section 13(c)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(c)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘none of the employees’’ and all that follows 
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through and inserting ‘‘all of the employees of which 
are employed in agriculture and are employed by an 
employer who did not, during any calendar quarter 
during the preceding calendar year, use more than 
500 man-days of agricultural labor (within the 
meaning 
of 
the 
exemption 
under 
subsection 
(a)(6)(A)), as in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the U.S. Citizenship Act),’’. 
(2) MIGRANT
AND
SEASONAL
AGRICULTURAL 
WORKER PROTECTION ACT.—The Migrant and Sea-
sonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (Public 
Law 97–470) is amended— 
(A) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 1802)— 
(i) in paragraph (8), by amending 
subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘migrant agricultural worker’ 
does not include any immediate family member of an 
agricultural employer or a farm labor contractor.’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (10), by amending 
subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘seasonal agricultural worker’ 
does not include— 
‘‘(i) any migrant agricultural worker; or 
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‘‘(ii) any immediate family member of an 
agricultural employer or a farm labor con-
tractor.’’; and 
(B) in section 4(a) (29 U.S.C. 1803(a)), 
by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION.—Any per-
son, other than a farm labor contractor, who did 
not, during any calendar quarter during the pre-
ceding calendar year, use more than 500 man-days 
of agricultural labor (within the meaning of the ex-
emption under section 13(a)(6)(A) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(6)(A)), as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of the U.S. Citizenship Act).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a)(2), (b)(1), (b)(3), and (c) shall take 
effect on— 
(A) January 1, 2025, with respect to an 
employer that employs more than 25 employees; 
and 
(B) January 1, 2028, with respect to an 
employer that employs 25 or fewer employees. 
(2) OTHER
AMENDMENTS.—The amendments 
made by subsection (b)(2) shall take effect on— 
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(A) January 1, 2022, with respect to an 
employer that employs more than 25 employees; 
and 
(B) January 1, 2025, with respect to an 
employer that employs 25 or fewer employees. 
SEC. 5107. PROTECTIONS FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL LA-
BORERS. 
Section 501 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1851) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, any person who willfully and 
knowingly violates this Act or any regulation under 
this Act— 
‘‘(A) shall be fined not more than $1,000, 
sentenced to prison for a term not to exceed 1 
year, or both; and 
‘‘(B) upon conviction for any subsequent 
violation of this Act or any regulation under 
this Act, shall be fined not more than $10,000, 
sentenced to prison for a term not to exceed 3 
years, or both. 
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