House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5959.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 168, October 13, 2023, Page H5014):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 100 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5959, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a46eaa54729cdef81edc5f978ac84b27b9b40d9f6fe017dbbd4a20db6a405e2
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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5959, last updated June 11, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Scott Perry (R-PA), George Santos (R-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.