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29 U.S.C. § 1841 — Safety and health of housing
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**(a) Compliance with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards** Except as provided in subsection (c), each person who owns or controls a facility or real property which is used as housing for migrant agricultural workers shall be responsible for ensuring that the facility or real property complies with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards applicable to that housing.
**(b) Certification that applicable safety and health standards met; posting of certificate of occupancy; retention of certificate and availability for inspection and review; occupancy prior to inspection**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and paragraph (2) of this subsection, no facility or real property may be occupied by any migrant agricultural worker unless either a State or local health authority or other appropriate agency has certified that the facility or property meets applicable safety and health standards. No person who owns or controls any such facility or property shall permit it to be occupied by any migrant agricultural worker unless a copy of the certification of occupancy is posted at the site. The receipt and posting of a certificate of occupancy does not relieve any person of responsibilities under subsection (a). Each such person shall retain the original certification for three years and shall make it available for inspection and review in accordance with [section 1862 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1862&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a request for the inspection of a facility or real property is made to the appropriate State or local agency at least forty-five days prior to the date on which it is occupied by migrant agricultural
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**(a) Compliance with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards** Except as provided in subsection (c), each person who owns or controls a facility or real property which is used as housing for migrant agricultural workers shall be responsible for ensuring that the facility or real property complies with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards applicable to that housing.
**(b) Certification that applicable safety and health standards met; posting of certificate of occupancy; retention of certificate and availability for inspection and review; occupancy prior to inspection**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and paragraph (2) of this subsection, no facility or real property may be occupied by any migrant agricultural worker unless either a State or local health authority or other appropriate agency has certified that the facility or property meets applicable safety and health standards. No person who owns or controls any such facility or property shall permit it to be occupied by any migrant agricultural worker unless a copy of the certification of occupancy is posted at the site. The receipt and posting of a certificate of occupancy does not relieve any person of responsibilities under subsection (a). Each such person shall retain the original certification for three years and shall make it available for inspection and review in accordance with [section 1862 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1862&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a request for the inspection of a facility or real property is made to the appropriate State or local agency at least forty-five days prior to the date on which it is occupied by migrant agricultural workers and such agency has not conducted an inspection by such date, the facility or property may be so occupied.
**(c) Applicability to providers of housing on a commercial basis to the general public** This section does not apply to any person who, in the ordinary course of that person’s business, regularly provides housing on a commercial basis to the general public and who provides housing to migrant agricultural workers of the same character and on the same or comparable terms and conditions as is provided to the general public.
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**(a) Prohibited activities** No person shall intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in any manner discriminate against any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker because such worker has, with just cause, filed any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, or because of the exercise, with just cause, by such worker on behalf of himself or others of any right or protection afforded by this chapter.
**(b) Proceedings for redress of violations** A migrant or seasonal agricultural worker who believes, with just cause, that he has been discriminated against by any person in violation of this section may, within 180 days after such violation occurs, file a complaint with the Secretary alleging such discrimination. Upon receipt of such complaint, the Secretary shall cause such investigation to be made as he deems appropriate. If upon such investigation, the Secretary determines that the provisions of this section have been violated, the Secretary shall bring an action in any appropriate United States district court against such person. In any such action the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain violation of subsection (a) and order all appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement of the worker, with back pay, or damages.
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**(a) Scope of agreements** The Secretary may enter into agreements with Federal and State agencies (1) to use their facilities and services, (2) to delegate, subject to subsection (b), to Federal and State agencies such authority, other than rulemaking, as may be useful in carrying out this chapter, and (3) to allocate or transfer funds to, or otherwise pay or reimburse, such agencies for expenses incurred pursuant to agreements under clause (1) or (2) of this section.
**(b) Delegation of authority pursuant to written State plan** Any delegation to a State agency pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall be made only pursuant to a written State plan which—
(1) shall include a description of the functions to be performed, the methods of performing such functions, and the resources to be devoted to the performance of such functions; and
(2) provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State agency will comply with its description under paragraph (1) and that the State agency’s performance of functions so delegated will be at least comparable to the performance of such functions by the Department of Labor.
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The Secretary, after appropriate investigation and approval, shall issue a certificate of registration (including a certificate of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor) to any person who has filed with the Secretary a written application containing the following:
(1) a declaration, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, stating the applicant’s permanent place of residence, the farm labor contracting activities for which the certificate is requested, and such other relevant information as the Secretary may require;
(2) a statement identifying each vehicle to be used to transport any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker and, if the vehicle is or will be owned or controlled by the applicant, documentation showing that the applicant is in compliance with the requirements of [section 1841 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1841&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to each such vehicle;
(3) a statement identifying each facility or real property to be used to house any migrant agricultural worker and, if the facility or real property is or will be owned or controlled by the applicant, documentation showing that the applicant is in compliance with [section 1823 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1823&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to each such facility or real property;
(4) a set of fingerprints of the applicant; and
(5) a declaration, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, consenting to the designation by a court of the Secretary as an agent available to accept service of summons in any action against the applicant, if the applicant has left the jurisdiction in which the action is commenced or otherwise has become unavailable to acce
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 1841
1 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.
place a poster provided by the Secretary setting
forth the rights and protections afforded such
workers under this chapter, including the right
of a seasonal agricultural worker to have, upon
request, a written statement provided by the
farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or
agricultural association, of the information de-
scribed in subsection (a). Such employer shall
provide, upon request, a written statement of
the information described in subsection (a).
(c) Recordkeeping and information requirements
imposed upon employers
Each farm labor contractor, agricultural em-
ployer, and agricultural association which em-
ploys any seasonal agricultural worker shall—
(1) with respect to each such worker, make,
keep, and preserve records for three years of
the following information:
(A) the basis on which wages are paid;
(B) the number of piecework units earned,
if paid on a piecework basis;
(C) the number of hours worked;
(D) the total pay period earnings;
(E) the specific sums withheld and the pur-
pose of each sum withheld; and
(F) the net pay; and
(2) provide to each such worker for each pay
period, an itemized written statement of the
information required by paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(d) Furnishing of records by farm labor con-
tractor; maintenance of records by recipient
(1) 1 Each farm labor contractor shall provide
to any other farm labor contractor and to any
agricultural employer and agricultural associa-
tion to which such farm labor contractor has
furnished seasonal agricultural workers, copies
of all records with respect to each such worker
which such farm labor contractor is required to
retain by subsection (c)(1). The recipient of
th
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