1. Short title This Act may be cited as— (1) the Better Agriculture Resources Now Act ; or (2) the BARN Act . 2. H–2A program reforms (a) Definition of agricultural labor or services Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking Secretary of Labor and inserting Secretary of Agriculture ; (2) by striking and the pressing and inserting the pressing ; and (3) by striking of a temporary and all that follows through the end and inserting , and the handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, in its unmanufactured state, any agricultural or horticultural commodity, or . (b) Administering official Section 218 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188 ) is amended by striking Secretary of Labor each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Agriculture . (c) Deemed approval Section 218(c)(3)(A) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(3)(A) ) is amended by inserting before In considering the following: The Secretary of Agriculture shall review such application and shall provide a determination on the application within 15 days of the date of the filing of the application. If the Secretary does not comply with the deadline in the preceding sentence, the application shall be deemed approved. . (d) Experience requirement Section 218(c)(3)(A) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(3)(A) ), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following: A job offer may contain an experience requirement as long as work performed in an illegal status may not be counted towards such requirement. . (e) Elimination of 50-Percent rule Section 218(c)(3) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(3) ) is amended— (1) by striking (A)