HR 6417
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aquaculture
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Horticulture and plants
Immigration status and procedures
AG Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jul 18, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 18, 2018
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
AG and Legal Workforce Act
This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services. In addition, the bill (1) directs the Department of Homeland Security to create an electronic employment-eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system, and (2) mandates the use of such a system by employers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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Bill text
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Cosponsors
79
R
Babin, Brian
Gianforte, Greg
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Walberg, Tim
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Bergman, Jack
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Blackburn, Marsha
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Kustoff, David
Messer, Luke
Russell, Steve
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Wittman, Robert J.
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Carter, John R.
Comstock, Barbara
Harper, Gregg
R
Hill, J. French
WALDEN, GREG
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
R
Williams, Roger
CULBERSON, JOHN
Gowdy, Trey
Sanford, Mark
R
Westerman, Bruce
R
Wilson, Joe
Holding, George
R
Griffith, H. Morgan
R
Allen, Rick W.
Handel, Karen
Mitchell, Paul
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Johnson, Mike
R
Kelly, Trent
Cheney, Liz
Pittenger, Robert
R
Amodei, Mark E.
R
Norman, Ralph
Renacci, James
R
Rogers, Harold
R
Arrington, Jodey C.
R
Bacon, Don
Bishop, Mike
Byrne, Bradley
R
Guthrie, Brett
R
Hudson, Richard
R
Huizenga, Bill
MacArthur, Thomas
Rothfus, Keith
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Sessions, Pete
R
McCaul, Michael T.
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Moolenaar, John R.
Noem, Kristi
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Rutherford, John H.
Abraham, Ralph
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Aderholt, Robert B.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6417: AG and Legal Workforce Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6417/
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