HR6978Referred to Committee
Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-01-08
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Brad Finstad
Republican · MN · Representative
Votes with party: 98.6% (648 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/F000475
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (0)
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-01-27
Previously
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-01-13
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-01-08
Plain-English Summary
Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act This bill requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review certain approved immigration benefit requests for proper approval. The review must include requests approved during the period starting on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this bill. Immigration benefit requests covered by this bill include those conferred during this period to individuals from the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, the Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This also includes individuals traveling using documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority. The bill requires USCIS to report on any findings by September 15, 2026.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Immigration
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