House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025
Official title: To require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure.
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Self R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 7, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 5979.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 187, November 7, 2025, Page H4586):Congress has the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 309 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5979, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 19, 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 November 19, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Self.
- H.R. 6230 (119th) Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- H.R. 6916 (119th) Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
- H.R. 7653 (119th) Biodefense Diplomacy Enhancement Act
- H.R. 7632 (119th) SHADOW Act
- H.R. 5853 (119th) To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.
- H.R. 6411 (119th) Preshevo Valley Discrimination Assessment Act
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.