House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain college graduates who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5528.
- 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. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5528, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5528
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
31 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 17 Democrats
14 of 31 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Ami Bera (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Dave Min (D-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4525 (119th) Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- 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.
Related bills
- H.R. 4393 (119th) DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 2886 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025Related 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.