House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PROTECT Military Families Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to parole into the United States certain relatives of current and former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gilbert Cisneros D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6958.
- 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. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6958, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- 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
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- H.R. 7154 (119th) Streamlining Small Business Contracts Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 3592 (119th) PROTECT Military Families ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.