House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6381.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5730):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a veterans visa program to permit veterans who have been removed from the Untied States to return as immigrants, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 267 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6381, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6381
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), J. Correa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
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Related bills
- H.R. 8971 (119th) Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.