House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2026
Official title: To establish, under article I of the Constitution of the United States, a court of record to be known as the United States Immigration Courts.
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7836.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):Article 1 , Section 8, Clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 115 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7836, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7836
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 6, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), J. Correa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), George Latimer (D-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
- H.R. 6207 (119th) Chip EQUIP Act
- H.R. 9334 (119th) Workforce for AI Trust Act
- H.R. 4696 (119th) Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
- H.R. 5449 (119th) Redistricting Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 2729 (119th) Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
- H.R. 9259 (119th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.