House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict visa issuance to individuals who have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom.
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Moore R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8182.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 61, April 2, 2026, Page H2821):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8182, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8182
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 17, 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 April 17, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Keith Self (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Moore.
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- H.R. 4238 (119th) DLARA
- H.R. 4478 (119th) TRUST Act of 2025
- H.Res. 984 (119th) Supporting the recognition of January 9, 2026, as "National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day".
- H.R. 3780 (119th) Border Operations Service Medal Act
- H.Res. 565 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 30 through July 4, 2025, as "National Tire Safety Week" in the United States…
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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.