House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Respect for Local Communities Act
Official title: To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from constructing, acquiring, renovating, or operating any new processing site or detention center without providing a mechanism for public comments regarding such activity, entering into a signed, written agreement with appropriate State and local officials, and providing Congress with advance notice of such activity.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7652.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 35, February 23, 2026, Page H2258):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7652, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 18, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 18, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 2954 (119th) Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
- H.R. 4413 (119th) End the Cyprus Embargo Act
- H.R. 8019 (119th) U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026
- H.R. 1732 (119th) GUARD VA Benefits Act
- H.R. 4197 (119th) LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3894 (119th) Respect for Local Communities ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 8984 (119th) Respect Our Communities 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.