House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025
Official title: To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1071.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1071, No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025” on May 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 26, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61432
- CBO publication date
- May 27, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-603 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 9, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/603
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7ac6a02e29f3fb4158076128980cac6ebf575fc28d6a7c6b283c100d550724b
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H557):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The Supreme Court has held that Congress's power to regulate foreign commerce includes the power to regulate the entry of persons into the country. See Henderson v. Mayor of New York, 92 U.S. 259, 270-71 (1876).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 380 characters
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- H.R. 1071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7ac6a02e29f3fb4158076128980cac6ebf575fc28d6a7c6b283c100d550724b
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Maria Salazar (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.