House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action

Renewed Hope Act

H.R. 6998Introduced Jan 9, 2026Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Official title: To enhance hiring authorities at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Laurel Lee R-FL

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 9, 2026
Committee actionJan 13, 2026
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6998.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6998, Renewed Hope Act of 2025” on April 9, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 13, 2026”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2026 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62320
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April 9, 2026
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6998, 119th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6998
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 19, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 24, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 7, January 9, 2026, Page H616):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2026 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6998, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6998
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 19, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 24, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
983ae178e96859c64dbe8fe4a81419ee4817c8d5440a19859a8e0d05f5a0a408
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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

16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats

6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.

Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mike Carey (R-OH), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Tim Moore (R-NC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Jason Smith (R-MO), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Laurel Lee.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-15 district

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Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.