3.0.0 175 2022-11-01T14:17:29Z 2022-11-01T14:17:29Z Senate S 2019-01-17 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-17T22:22:34Z Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 116 641 HR 2019-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS Undocumented Taxpayers Opportunity Act of 2019 116 4151 HR 2019-08-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2019-01-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S294) IntroReferral 2019-01-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-01-17 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-01-17 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-01-17 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-01-17 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-01-17 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-01-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-01-17 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-01-17 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-01-17 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-01-17 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-01-17 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-02-13 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-03-27 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-10-16 False Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Foreign labor Fraud offenses and financial crimes Immigration status and procedures Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Social security and elderly assistance Travel and tourism Immigration 00 2019-01-17 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-14T19:09:27Z 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.


]]> Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 Display Title Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s175is/xml/BILLS-116s175is.xml 2019-01-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S294) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.