House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Religious Workforce Protection Act
Official title: To authorize the continuation of lawful nonimmigrant status for certain religious workers affected by the backlog for religious worker immigrant visas.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Carey R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2672.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2672, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2672
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- 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 August 4, 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
37 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 37 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dave Min (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Richard Neal (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), David Scott (D-GA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bryan Steil (R-WI) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Carey.
- H.J.Res. 25 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…
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- H.R. 1453 (119th) Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 8872 (119th) Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
- H.R. 2036 (119th) Credit for Caring Act of 2025
- H.R. 2410 (119th) Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
Related bills
- S. 1298 (119th) Religious Workforce Protection ActIdentical 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.