House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 134.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H40):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 134, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), W. Steube (R-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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- H.R. 139 (119th) Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 919 (119th) Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
- H.R. 6130 (119th) ASAP Act
- H.R. 9501 (119th) AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
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.