House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act
Official title: To codify in statute the authorization of the Attorney General to appoint experienced immigration law experts as temporary immigration judges to reduce the number of pending cases in immigration courts.
Sponsor: Rep. Juan Vargas D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6497, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b375bbac714f3ed0e524dc429575d797c5ed2d21f34e197b7452567d2678d022
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 January 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6497, last updated January 12, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 975 (119th) Credit Union Board Modernization Act
- H.R. 5340 (119th) To prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration…
- H.Res. 384 (119th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
- H.R. 3472 (119th) Housing Stability for Dreamers Act
- H.Res. 1269 (119th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
- H.R. 4357 (119th) Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act
Related bills
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.