House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Land of the Free Act of 2025
Official title: To amend section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an exception related to protected speech activities.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4959.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 137, August 12, 2025, Page H3693):Under Article I Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
338aebf57f64c99fc6b9f2bab376b1614b18b06b6df615604aec2d9f27fc57d8
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 October 6, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jesús García (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
- H.R. 9333 (119th) AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5528 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4525 (119th) Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
- H.Res. 1410 (119th) Congratulating the Carolina Hurricanes on winning the 2026 Stanley Cup Championship, the team's first Stanley Cup win in 20 years.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.