House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Our Communities Act
Official title: To improve accountability and training for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce Beatty D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7785.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 41, March 4, 2026, Page H2421):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
- H.R. 1450 (119th) OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
- H.R. 3709 (119th) Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 1107 (119th) Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.
- H.R. 916 (119th) Rosa Parks Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 844 (119th) Black History is American History Act
- H.R. 1976 (119th) Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 4176 (119th) No Secret Police Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.