House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SERVICE for America Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a new class of nonimmigrant visas for public service employees and authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain individuals holding public service jobs who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ami Bera D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 140, September 3, 2026, Page H5509):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10248, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 15, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
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- H.R. 6428 (119th) To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs.
- H.R. 6126 (119th) United States Foreign Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1902 (119th) HERO Act
- H.Res. 880 (119th) Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership between the United States and India.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.