House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Remain in Canada Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7739.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 49, March 20, 2024, Page H1295):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent illegal immigration at the northern border.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7739, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7739, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Bob Good (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Keith Self (R-TX), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 272 (118th) ASTRO Act
- H.R. 6131 (118th) Commercial Space Act of 2023
- H.R. 1202 (118th) REDI Act
- H.R. 6612 (118th) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2023
- H.R. 231 (118th) Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 2023
- H.Res. 622 (118th) Honoring the efforts of the Coast Guard for excellence in maritime border security.
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.