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HR 5814 116th Congress House

No Public Charge Deportation Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the public charge ground of deportability, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 10, 2020 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Homeland SecurityImmigration status and procedures
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Feb 7, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 7, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E150)
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 10, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Public Charge Deportation Act of 2019

This bill repeals the provision generally providing for the deportability of an alien who becomes a public charge (an alien who has received certain public benefits for a certain amount of time) within five years of entering the United States.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 17
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 30, 2020
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 25, 2020
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 12, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 11, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 10, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 7, 2020
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 7, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 7, 2020
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 7, 2020
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 7, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5814: No Public Charge Deportation Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5814/
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"H.R. 5814: No Public Charge Deportation Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5814/.
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H.R. 5814, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5814/.
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