House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AFRIKANER Act
Official title: To designate residents of South Africa as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2607.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):Article I Section 8 Clause 4 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2607, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2607
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 May 2, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 2071 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 7553 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.