House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LIFT the BAR Act
Official title: To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119-21) to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9432.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9432, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9432
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 2, 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
102 cosponsors — 102 Democrats
0 of 102 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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- H.R. 6397 (119th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
- H.Res. 473 (119th) Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
- H.R. 3069 (119th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 3971 (119th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
Related bills
- H.R. 4170 (118th) LIFT the BAR ActCross-Congress related 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.