House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fight for the American Dream Act
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment of certain aliens in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Salud Carbajal D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4316.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 119, July 10, 2025, Page H3200):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4316, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Salud Carbajal.
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- H.R. 2492 (119th) Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025
- H.R. 3331 (119th) Mariner Exam Modernization Act
- H.R. 2820 (119th) California Clean Coast Act of 2025
- H.R. 5017 (119th) Greyhound Protection Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2526 (119th) Fight for the American Dream ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.