House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Respect Our 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. Joseph Morelle D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8984.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8984, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8984
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Morelle.
- H.R. 8738 (119th) FEC Administrative Improvements Act
- H.R. 397 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Cumberland Street in Rochester, New York, as the "Minister…
- H.R. 2148 (119th) Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
- H.J.Res. 108 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act…
- H.R. 2381 (119th) SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025
- H.R. 4708 (119th) Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7652 (119th) Respect for Local Communities ActRelated bill
- S. 3894 (119th) Respect for Local 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.