House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to provide an exception to the parole fee for the parole of an alien for a sacred Tribal or religious ceremony, cultural exchange, or celebration, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5904.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 184, November 4, 2025, Page H4573):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to establish a uniform rule of naturalization; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 324 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5904, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5904
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 4, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
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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.