House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restoring Community Trust Act of 2026
Official title: To repeal section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jan 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7252.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1916):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7252, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Dina Titus (D-NV), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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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.