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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To prohibit the presence in the United States of any alien formerly detained at the Department of Defense detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

H.R. 1238Introduced Feb 26, 2009Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Rep. John Shadegg R-AZ
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 16, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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

31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans

0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), K. Conaway (R-TX), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Mike Pence (R-IN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Aaron Schock (R-IL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Shadegg.

Sponsor’s state and district

Arizona in Congress · AZ-3 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.