House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
Official title: To provide a civil remedy for individuals harmed by sanctuary jurisdiction policies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 611.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 611, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 26, 2026
- 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 February 26, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards.
- H.R. 151 (119th) Equal Representation Act of 2025
- H.R. 501 (119th) Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
- H.Res. 711 (119th) Honoring the victims of Hurricane Helene and expressing condolences and support for the affected communities in western North Carolina…
- H.R. 1245 (119th) Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 7356 (119th) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot…
- H.R. 1119 (119th) Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 185 (119th) Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025Identical bill
- S. 3782 (119th) Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities and Fallen Law Enforcement Act of 2026Related 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.