House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 18, 2021 · 247–174
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1603.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1603, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021” on April 29, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 18, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57182
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1603, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1120):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1603, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad9611567422a530e23f2f3b1e1ba65440f2c94e2de8a12dc4c0491a6f1d728b
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1603, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
61 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 48 Democrats
13 of 61 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Val Demings (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.