Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.
Occurrences
We urge you to include an H-2A wage freeze in Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations legislation... we request that the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill prohibit funds from being used to implement a wage larger than the January 2023 wage rate or otherwise freeze the H-2A wage rates at January 2023 levels.
Huizenga led a congressional letter asking appropriators to include a FY2025 H-2A wage freeze at January 2023 levels.
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Section 118 would set the AEWR for two years at the rate in effect on January 31, 2023.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House FY2025 Labor-HHS appropriations bill contained the promised H-2A/AEWR freeze language, matching the substance of the claim.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.9029 status as Introduced; latest action was placement on the Union Calendar on July 12, 2024.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill containing the freeze provision was reported and placed on the calendar, but it did not pass the House, Senate, or become law.
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H.R.1968 became Public Law 119-4 on March 15, 2025, after House and Senate passage.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted FY2025 appropriations vehicle was H.R.1968/Public Law 119-4, not H.R.9029, and it became the governing full-year appropriations law.
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Public Law 119-4 funds FY2025 through September 30, 2025; searches found no H-2A or AEWR freeze provision.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted FY2025 appropriations law did not include the promised H-2A wage-rate freeze at January 2023 levels.
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DOL lists Michigan's non-range AEWR as $18.15, effective December 16, 2024, and explains AEWRs are adjusted annually.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DOL continued applying updated AEWRs during FY2025 rather than a January 2023 freeze; Michigan's rate was not frozen at its January 2023 level.
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The historical DOL table lists Michigan's January 1, 2023 field/livestock worker AEWR as $17.34.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This establishes the relevant January 2023 baseline; later DOL FY2025 rates differed, confirming the freeze was not in effect.
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The Clerk records H.R.1968 passed 217-213; Rep. Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, voted Yea.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Huizenga voted for the enacted FY2025 appropriations vehicle, but that vehicle did not contain the H-2A/AEWR freeze provision.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, DOL said current AEWRs still apply while it responds to a court order; this is not a January 2023 appropriations freeze.
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Michigan | $18.15 | December 16, 2024
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current DOL AEWR table shows Michigan's non-range AEWR above the January 2023 baseline, confirming no operative freeze at January 2023 levels.
requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in the upcoming appropriations process.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Huizenga's official release documents a concrete FY2025 appropriations effort for an H-2A wage freeze, supporting an effort badge but not enacted delivery.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): After the FY2025 vehicle failed to deliver the claim, Huizenga signed a later FY2026 appropriations letter seeking the same January 2023 freeze.
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Mr. HUIZENGA) introduced the following bill
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Huizenga later co-introduced related AEWR-freeze legislation, but it was not the promised FY2025 appropriations freeze at January 2023 levels.
Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo's official text identifies H.R.1968/Public Law 119-4 as the enacted FY2025 appropriations vehicle; searches of the law text found no H-2A, AEWR, or January 31, 2023 wage-freeze language.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_term
The promised outcome was not delivered: the enacted FY2025 appropriations law, H.R.1968/Public Law 119-4, did not include a January 2023 H-2A/AEWR freeze, and DOL continued annual AEWR updates with Michigan's FY2025 rate above the January 2023 baseline. H.R.9029 contained matching freeze language, but it only reached the Union Calendar and did not become law. The provided record does not show Huizenga wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced that failed freeze provision, so this is a failed outcome without an effort badge.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%