ing such an alien has kept proper and adequate 
records respecting such employment, the alien’s 
burden of proof under subparagraph (A) may 
be met by securing timely production of those 
records under regulations to be promulgated by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) SUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE.—An alien 
may meet the burden of proof under subpara-
graph (A) to establish that the alien has per-
formed the days or hours of work referred to in 
subparagraph (A) by producing sufficient evi-
dence to show the extent of that employment as 
a matter of just and reasonable inference. 
‘‘(f) PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLI-
CATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person who— 
‘‘(A) files an application for blue card sta-
tus under section 101 of the Agricultural Work-
er Program Act of 2019 or for an adjustment 
of status under this section and knowingly and 
willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up a mate-
rial fact or makes any false, fictitious, or fraud-
ulent statements or representations, or makes 
or uses any false writing or document knowing 
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the same to contain any false, fictitious, or 
fraudulent statement or entry; or 
‘‘(B) creates or supplies a false writing or 
document for use in making such an applica-
tion, 
shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United 
States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both. 
‘‘(2) INADMISSIBILITY.—An alien who is con-
victed of a crime described in paragraph (1) shall be 
deemed inadmissible to the United States on the 
ground described in section 212(a)(6)(C)(i). 
‘‘(3) DEPOSIT.—Fines collected under para-
graph (1) shall be deposited into the Immigration 
Examinations Fee Account pursuant to section 
286(m). 
‘‘(g) ELIGIBILITY FOR LEGAL SERVICES.—Section 
504(a)(11) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–55) may 
not be construed to prevent a recipient of funds under the 
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.) 
from providing legal assistance directly related to an appli-
cation for blue card status under section 101 of the Agri-
cultural Worker Program Act of 2019, to an individual 
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who has been granted blue card status, or for an applica-
tion for an adjustment of status under this section. 
‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE
AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
Aliens applying for blue card status under section 101 of 
the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 or for ad-
justment to permanent resident status under this section 
shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the conditions 
applicable to other classes of aliens under section 242.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 201(b)(1) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) Aliens granted lawful permanent resi-
dent status under section 245B.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 245A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 245B. Adjustment to permanent resident status for agricultural work-
ers.’’. 
SEC. 103. USE OF INFORMATION. 
Beginning not later than the first day of the applica-
tion period described in section 101(b)(3), the Secretary, 
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in cooperation with qualified designated entities, shall 
broadly disseminate information regarding— 
(1) the benefits that aliens may receive under 
this title and the amendments made by this title; 
and 
(2) the requirements that an alien is required 
to meet to receive such benefits. 
SEC. 104. REPORTS ON BLUE CARDS. 
Not later than six months after the publication of the 
final rule under section 101(j), and annually thereafter for 
the following eight years, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to Congress that identifies, for the previous fiscal 
year— 
(1) the number of aliens who applied for blue 
card status; 
(2) the number of aliens who were granted blue 
card status; 
(3) the number of aliens who applied for an ad-
justment of status pursuant to section 245B(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by 
section 102; and 
(4) the number of aliens who received an ad-
justment of status pursuant such section 245B(a). 
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SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such amounts as may be necessary to implement 
this title, including any amounts needed for costs associ-
ated with the initiation of such implementation during fis-
cal years 2019 and 2020. 
TITLE II—CORRECTION OF 
SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS 
SEC. 201. CORRECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(e)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408(e)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) who is granted blue card status 
under section 101 of the Agricultural Worker 
Program Act of 2019,’’; and 
(4) in the undesignated matter following sub-
paragraph (D), as added by paragraph (3), by strik-
ing ‘‘1990.’’ and inserting ‘‘1990, or in the case of 
an alien described in subparagraph (D), if such con-
duct is alleged to have occurred before the date on 
which the alien was granted blue card status under 
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