United States · Bill · S
S. 1563 (105th)
Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997
Introduced
13 November 1997
Last action
13 October 1998 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
Sponsors
Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH], Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA], Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID], Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish: (1) an alternative temporary agricultural worker process pilot program based upon a labor condition attestation filed by an employer and accepted by the appropriate State agency; and (2) a nonimmigrant visa category for such aliens. Sets forth program provisions.
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Timeline
13 November 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
13 November 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12608-12609)
Source: IntroReferral
13 November 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
13 October 1998
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 November 1997 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1563
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1563
- us · 105-s-1563 · source updated 10 August 2026