House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee actionDec 2, 2020
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2019 · 365–65
- Passed SenateDec 2, 2020 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2020 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1462):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1044, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1044
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
311 cosponsors — 108 Republicans, 202 Democrats, 1 independent
108 of 311 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and 281 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
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- H.R. 5038 (116th) Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 2722 (116th) Securing America’s Federal Elections Act
- H.Res. 245 (116th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
- H.R. 8089 (116th) Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.