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HRES50Referred to Committee

Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who seized control of our southern border.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-16
Introduced
34
Cosponsors
HRES
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Type

Sponsor

Jodey C. Arrington
Jodey C. Arrington
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 96.5% (539 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/A000375

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (34)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Brian Babin (R-TX-36)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Keith Self (R-TX-3)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Pat Fallon (R-TX-4)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Roger Williams (R-TX-25)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23)Original· 2025-01-16
  • Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)Original· 2025-01-16
  • John R. Carter (R-TX-31)· 2025-01-22
  • Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)· 2025-01-22
  • Chip Roy (R-TX-21)· 2026-04-13
  • Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)· 2026-04-13
  • Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)· 2026-04-13
  • August Pfluger (R-TX-11)· 2026-04-15
  • Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)· 2026-04-15
  • Michael Cloud (R-TX-27)· 2026-04-16
  • Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)· 2026-04-20
  • Barry Moore (R-AL-1)· 2026-05-07

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-01-16

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-01-16

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-16

Plain-English Summary

This resolution declares that every state within the United States has the sovereign right to exclude any person who does not have the right to be there. It also declares that the states along the southern border (1) were invaded by terrorists, narco-terrorist cartels, and criminal actors from 2021 through 2024; and (2) have the sovereign and unilateral authority to defend themselves against such an invasion.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Immigration
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