House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6097.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 143, September 21, 2016, Page H5800):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that ``Congress shall have the power . . . to establish a uniform rule of naturalization,'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that ``Congress shall have the power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any officer or department thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 464 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6097, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6097
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6097, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.