House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gilbert Cisneros D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6355.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISNEROS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 201, December 2, 2025, Page H4994):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6355, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 25, 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 March 25, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Robert Scott (D-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gilbert Cisneros.
- H.R. 4491 (119th) SBA IT Modernization Reporting Act
- H.R. 6976 (119th) Duty Status Reform Act
- H.R. 10083 (119th) Water Technology and Resilience Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 6383 (119th) Brandon Act Training and Protocol Act
- H.Res. 1594 (119th) Recognizing the outstanding contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in film, television, and streaming and their enduring impact on the…
- H.R. 7154 (119th) Streamlining Small Business Contracts Act of 2026
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.