House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Knott R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KNOTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 76, May 7, 2025, Page H1911):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3242, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4974301a67da15c8b52e1f14d8a7c1a557a21444dd8423310aa3a347d101d502
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 November 20, 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Republicans
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Mike Collins (R-GA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Russell Fry (R-SC), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Brian Jack (R-GA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Brian Mast (R-FL), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tim Moore (R-NC), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Robert Onder (R-MO), David Rouzer (R-NC), Chip Roy (R-TX), Derek Schmidt (R-KS) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Knott.
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.