House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Terrorist Watchlist Modification Review Act
Official title: To require notifications of changes to policies and procedures governing terrorist watchlist and transnational organized crime watchlist, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Pages H5561-H5562):Congressman Joaquin Castro Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
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- 450 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6563, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.6563 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 24, 2026 ↗
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- H.R. 6563, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
234cf6d4807fdfae2cd7b8d2937fe9c89fa49bd038ab18fce2ccf1b472b9fb40
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 24, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER Act
- H.R. 6347 (119th) Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7675 (119th) Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
- H.Res. 1559 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 4318 (119th) Head Start for Our Future Act
- H.R. 10642 (119th) Stop the Settlements Act
Related bills
- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Contained in public law
- H.R. 5167 (119th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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