House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PAPERS Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to return identification documents to individuals upon their release from custody, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7708.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2329):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7708, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 26, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5098ddf722e4308345bdcc5f086922b9b994c90b2b02bf62370768cf5c1c91c3
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 March 26, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3077 (119th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1027 (119th) Supporting the designation of the "International Year of the Woman Farmer" to recognize and honor the critical role of women in agriculture.
- H.R. 1808 (119th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2025
- H.R. 4047 (119th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2025
- H.R. 2576 (119th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
- H.R. 4987 (119th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2025
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.