House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Illegal Reentry Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Bice R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 749.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BICE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: 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 January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 20, 2025
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 749, last updated November 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Bice.
- H.J.Res. 24 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…
- H.R. 3486 (119th) Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025
- H.R. 9342 (119th) GPO Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 1234 (119th) To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution…
- H.R. 7418 (119th) STEADFAST Act
- H.R. 1555 (119th) Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
Related bills
- S. 271 (119th) Stop Illegal Reentry ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.