House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FIRM Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State to increase the fee imposed on aliens filing an application abroad for a visa authorizing admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(B) who are nationals of certain countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Wagner R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1220.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H646):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
705300038cda00b6b50ec245bdeae80bf91ccd27c3b67c070d79c1cea86912d2
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 January 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1220, last updated January 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner.
- H.R. 1512 (119th) Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act
- H.R. 2478 (119th) Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 3382 (119th) Small Entity Update Act
- H.R. 3383 (119th) Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3381 (119th) Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025
- H.R. 4429 (119th) Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.