House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
GRACE Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6870.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6870, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 28, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
- H.R. 6207 (119th) Chip EQUIP Act
- H.R. 9334 (119th) Workforce for AI Trust Act
- H.R. 4696 (119th) Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
- H.R. 5449 (119th) Redistricting Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 2729 (119th) Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
- H.R. 9259 (119th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 3535 (119th) GRACE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.