House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025
Official title: To provide lawful permanent resident status for certain advanced STEM degree holders, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2627.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2627, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 11, 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
26 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 24 Democrats
2 of 26 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Josh Riley (D-NY), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 3682 (119th) Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025
- H.Res. 100 (119th) Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear…
- H.R. 9902 (119th) Federal Naming Standards Act
- H.R. 9803 (119th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1066 (119th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora…
- H.Res. 1210 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
Related bills
- S. 1233 (119th) Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.