House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026
Official title: To modernize the process for the admission of H-2A workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9535.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 109, June 30, 2026, Page H4365):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9535, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 16, 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
61 cosponsors — 52 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 61 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adam Gray (D-CA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 4550 (119th) United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 974 (119th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.Res. 976 (119th) Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
- H.R. 649 (119th) Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.