House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Destination Reception Assistance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9217.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4964):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Immigration ReformSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9217, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 30, 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 October 30, 2024). 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 3519 (118th) Hot Foods Act of 2023
- H.R. 3646 (118th) Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2023
- H.Res. 49 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2023.
- H.Res. 1002 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2024.
- H.R. 3434 (118th) Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
- H.R. 430 (118th) Lunar New Year Day Act
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.