House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Timely Departure Act
Official title: To require aliens seeking admission to the United States as nonimmigrants to pay a bond or cash payment and to impose penalties on such aliens who fail to timely depart the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Onder R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1837.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ONDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 41, March 4, 2025, Page H976):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1837, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark Harris (R-NC), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Onder.
- H.R. 1945 (119th) America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act
- H.R. 3424 (119th) SPACE Act of 2025
- H.R. 4523 (119th) To make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to improve the Code.
- H.R. 7651 (119th) Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- H.R. 2571 (119th) Self-Insurance Protection Act
- H.R. 9228 (119th) Health DATA Act of 2026
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.