# Expiration of the Special Agricultural Worker Program
> **US Department of Agriculture** · Final rule. · Published 1996-01-29 · Effective 1996-02-28 · 61 FR 2659
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-1293
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Agriculture
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 2659
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1996-01-29
- **Effective date:** 1996-02-28
## Abstract

This final rule removes the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) relating to special agricultural workers (SAWs) under section 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as added by section 302 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Specifically, this final rule removes the USDA regulations pertaining to the SAW program as the program expired on December 1, 1988.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/01/29/96-1293/expiration-of-the-special-agricultural-worker-program)
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