Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 20 — Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
§ 1801. Congressional statement of purpose
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this chapter to remove the restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers; to require farm labor contractors to register under this chapter; and to assure necessary protections for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
Pub. L. 97–470 § 2 · 96 Stat. 2583
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 1801
(Pub. L. 97–470, § 2, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2584.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–470, § 2, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2584.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. purpose It is the purpose of this Act to remove the restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers; to require farm labor contractors to register under this Act; and to assure necessary protections for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 97–470, title V, § 524, , 96 Stat. 2600, provided in part that: “The provisions of this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§ 2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] shall take effect ninety days from the date of enactment [].”
Short Title
Pub. L. 97–470, § 1, , 96 Stat. 2584, provided in part that this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§ 2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] may be cited as the “Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act”.