I submit an amendment regarding temporary agricultural workers. My amendment mandates an immediate General Accounting Office [GAO] study on the availability of an adequate work force for our Nations labor intensive farm and ranch sectors. In addition. the study will review the effectiveness of the existing H2A nonimmigrant worker program. This report will be concluded within 3 months of the agricultural appropriations bill enactment. This same amendment was supported by a bipartisan group of 10 Senators during the immigration reform legislation and accepted on an unanimous consent basis. I urge my colleagues to accept this amendment and avoid a potential agricultural labor shortage this fall.
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