House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stopping Border Surges Act
Official title: To close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Biggs R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. 116.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H39):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 191 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 116, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/116
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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 29, 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
40 cosponsors — 40 Republicans
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Randy Fine (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Brian Jack (R-GA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Riley Moore (R-WV), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Robert Onder (R-MO), Scott Perry (R-PA) and 10 more.
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Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.