Freeze H-2A agricultural guestworker wage rates at January 2023 levels through Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations legislation.

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.

Huizenga Leads 120 Members of Congress in Effort to Save Family Farms, Enact H-2A Wage Freeze | U.S. House of Representatives
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Section 118 would set the AEWR for two years at the rate in effect on January 31, 2023.

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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H.R.9029 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 - Text
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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.

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.9029 - All Actions
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H.R.1968 became Public Law 119-4 on March 15, 2025, after House and Senate passage.

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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H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 - All Actions
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Public Law 119-4 funds FY2025 through September 30, 2025; searches found no H-2A or AEWR freeze provision.

The enacted FY2025 appropriations law did not include the promised H-2A wage-rate freeze at January 2023 levels.

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Public Law 119-4 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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DOL lists Michigan's non-range AEWR as $18.15, effective December 16, 2024, and explains AEWRs are adjusted annually.

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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H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs)
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The historical DOL table lists Michigan's January 1, 2023 field/livestock worker AEWR as $17.34.

This establishes the relevant January 2023 baseline; later DOL FY2025 rates differed, confirming the freeze was not in effect.

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Historical AEWR Effective July 1 to December 31, 2023
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The Clerk records H.R.1968 passed 217-213; Rep. Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, voted Yea.

Huizenga voted for the enacted FY2025 appropriations vehicle, but that vehicle did not contain the H-2A/AEWR freeze provision.

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Roll Call 70 - H.R.1968 On Passage
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