House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2729.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2729, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2729
- 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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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 19, 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
46 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 17 Democrats
29 of 46 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Becca Balint (D-VT), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Tim Moore (R-NC), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Richard Neal (D-MA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
- H.R. 6207 (119th) Chip EQUIP Act
- H.R. 9334 (119th) Workforce for AI Trust Act
- H.R. 4696 (119th) Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
- H.R. 5449 (119th) Redistricting Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 9259 (119th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026
- H.J.Res. 154 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor…
Related bills
- H.R. 4213 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026Related bill
- H.R. 9310 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2027Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.