House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
U.S. Farmworker Protection Act
Official title: To protect United States workers by creating annual restrictions on the H-2A temporary worker program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7541.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7541, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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- H.R. 6397 (119th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
- H.Res. 473 (119th) Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
- H.R. 3069 (119th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 3971 (119th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.