That is the language in this bill. Under AgJOBS. H2A workers are paid the greater of the prevailing rate or the adverse effect wage rate. As Senator CRAIG has said. the standard is frozen at 2003. and growers will be required to pay the prevailing wage. or what the adverse wage rate was over 3 years ago. The compromise states that this will be the wage rate just for the next 3 years. And during that time. the GAO and a commission of agricultural and labor experts will perform two studies examining H2A wage rates and making recommendations to Congress. If at the end of the 3 years Congress fails to enact a new adverse effect wage rate. the adverse effect wage rate would be adjusted by the cost of living. While changing AgJOBS isnt. alone. a disqualification.