---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1801"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "1801"
heading: "Congressional statement of purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/1801"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection"
---

# §1801. Congressional statement of purpose


It is the purpose of this chapter to remove the restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and [seasonal agricultural workers](/usc/29/1802.md?p=10-A); to require [farm labor contractors](/usc/29/1802.md?p=7) to register under this chapter; and to assure necessary protections for migrant and [seasonal agricultural workers](/usc/29/1802.md?p=10-A), [agricultural associations](/usc/29/1802.md?p=1), and [agricultural employers](/usc/29/1802.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–470, § 2, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2584.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 97–470, title V, § 524, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2600, provided in part that: “The provisions of this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§ 2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] shall take effect ninety days from the date of enactment [Jan. 14, 1983].”

### Short Title

Pub. L. 97–470, § 1, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2584, provided in part that this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§ 2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] may be cited as the “Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act”.