Juan Vargas

Juan Vargas

13

Years in Office

86

Bills Sponsored

1847

Bills Co-Sponsored

1

Committees

Legislative Focus

Key areas of legislative activity based on sponsored legislation.
Finance and Financial Sector26%
Housing and Community Development15%
Environmental Protection15%
International Affairs15%

Sponsored Legislation

Bills that Juan Vargas has sponsored from the most recent three Congresses (119th, 118th, and 117th).
BillTitleIntroducedStatusActions
HR 6497
Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HR 5499
Fed Integrity and Independence Act of 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 5340
To prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration enforcement, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

In Committee
HR 4357
Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

In Committee
HRES 561
Honoring the life and legacy of Father Stan, a prominent human rights activist who died while in custody of the Indian State on July 5, 2021, and encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into his arrest, incarceration, and death.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HR 3472
Housing Stability for Dreamers Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

In Committee
HRES 384
Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HR 975
Credit Union Board Modernization Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 10558
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 and the Housing Act of 1949 to make financial assistance available to DACA recipients, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 9640
Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

In Committee
HRES 1339
Honoring the life and legacy of Father Stan, a prominent human rights activist who died while in custody of the Indian state on July 5, 2021, and encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into his arrest, incarceration, and death.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HR 8851
Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HR 4759
Environmentally Sustainable Growth Act of 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 2397
Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 1166
Public Health Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2023

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 436.

Active
HR 582
Credit Union Board Modernization Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HRES 1219
Honoring the life and legacy of Father Stan, a prominent human rights activist who died while in custody of the Indian state on July 5, 2021, and encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into his arrest, incarceration, and death.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

In Committee
HR 6889
Credit Union Board Modernization Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 6797
Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

In Committee
HR 3125
COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 2353
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chávez Memorial Post Office Building".

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In Committee
HR 1719
Emergency Tribal Housing Assistance Act of 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

In Committee
HR 1720
COVID–19 Medical Production Act

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 1663
Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act of 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

In Committee
HR 1187
Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 782
Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 618
Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 491
California New River Restoration Act of 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

In Committee
HR 7991
Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act of 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

In Committee
HR 6858
COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2020

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

In Committee
HR 6794
Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 6373
To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
Amendment 779
House Amendment 779

On agreeing to the Vargas amendment (A013) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 4548
Asthma Care and Prevention in Rural Communities Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 4329
ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.

Active
HR 3895
North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 3825
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela Chávez Memorial Post Office Building".

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In Committee
Amendment 475
House Amendment 475

On agreeing to the Vargas amendment (A089) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 3154
Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 155.

Active
HR 1031
Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.

Active
HR 928
Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I–VETS) Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

In Committee
HR 623
To deem an alien who has been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program to be a person who owes allegiance to the United States for purposes of employment by an office of a Member of the House of Representatives.

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

In Committee
HR 502
FIND Trafficking Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 486
Chicano Park Preservation Act

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In Committee
HR 358
California New River Restoration Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

In Committee
HR 6801
RaD Fund Act of 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In Committee
Amendment 890
House Amendment 890

On agreeing to the Vargas amendment (A021) Failed by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
Amendment 858
House Amendment 858

On agreeing to the Vargas amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
Amendment 804
House Amendment 804

On agreeing to the Vargas amendment (A002) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 6069
FIND Trafficking Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In Committee
HR 4315
Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 4026
Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

In Committee
HR 3795
Tijuana River Valley Comprehensive Protection and Rehabilitation Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

In Committee
HR 3794
Sewage Free Tijuana River Valley Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

In Committee
HR 2760
Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 2761
Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 2759
NATS Act

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In Committee
HR 2143
Donald J. Trump Wealth Tax Act of 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In Committee
HR 827
Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 438
California New River Restoration Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

In Committee
HR 199
Chicano Park Preservation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 6091
Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 6093
NATS Act

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In Committee
HR 6092
Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 5629
California New River Restoration Act of 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

In Committee
HR 4753
Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 4060
Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 3731
RaD Fund Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 3711
Chicano Park Preservation Act

Received in the Senate.

Active
HR 2385
Stop Blood Tomatoes Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

In Committee
HR 1568
Protecting Religious Minorities Persecuted by ISIS Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HRES 95
Recognizing the importance of transformative breakthroughs in biomedicine, biotechnology, and life sciences in the diagnosis, management, curing, and treatment of illness and the existence of a "Valley of Death" in biotechnology and life sciences funding that stifles innovation and impedes translational medical research.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HRES 90
Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with their Mexican counterparts, Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA), through a proposed minute.

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

In Committee
HRES 89
Supporting "United States Foreign Service Day" in recognition of the men and women who have served, or are presently serving, in the Foreign Service of the United States, and to honor those in the Foreign Service who have given their lives in the line of duty.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HR 621
Veteran Excellence Through Education Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

In Committee
HR 535
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

In Committee
HR 5695
Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 5430
Nineveh Plain Refugee Act of 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HRES 709
Recognizing the importance of transformative breakthroughs in biomedicine, biotechnology, and life sciences in the diagnosis, management, curing, and treatment of illness and the existence of a ''Valley of Death'' in biotechnology and life sciences funding that stifles innovation and impedes translational medical research.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HRES 683
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 663
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

In Committee
HR 5022
Enhanced Dental Care for Veterans Act of 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HRES 582
Supporting "United States Foreign Service Day" in recognition of the men and women who have served, or are presently serving, in the Foreign Service of the United States, and to honor those in the Foreign Service who have given their lives in the line of duty.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HRES 241
Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with their Mexican counterparts, Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas (CILA), through a proposed minute.

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

In Committee
HR 1691
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.

Active
HR 1690
Hazel's Law

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

In Committee

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