H.R. 641: Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-17 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019

Plain summary

Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 This bill establishes a program for alien agricultural workers to obtain temporary resident status ("blue card status") and procedures to obtain permanent resident status. An alien shall qualify for the status if he or she performed the required amount of qualified agricultural work. The Department of Homeland Security may grant blue card status to qualified individuals who pass security checks and are not disqualified for various reasons, such as an aggravated felony conviction. DHS may waive certain disqualifications for humanitarian or public interest reasons. Blue card holders shall be authorized for employment in the United States and travel outside the United States. Such individuals shall be ineligible for various federal benefits, including the healthcare premium assistance tax credit. Individuals going through deportation or removal proceedings shall be given a chance to apply for blue card status if they qualify. Blue card holders may apply for permanent resident status, subject to various requirements, including work requirements over a specified time period and payment of federal taxes. Blue card status shall not last longer than eight years.

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Official text

Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · 85 cosponsors

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Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) and 25 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr641.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr641 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116