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H.R. 6225 119th Congress House

PAUSE Act of 2025

Official title: To provide for a limitation on the ability to issue any visa or provide any status under the immigration laws until certain conditions have been met.

Introduced: November 20, 2025 Introduced by: Chip Roy Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Immigration
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 20, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now November 20, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ACT FOR AMERICA
    for ACT FOR AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
    for HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 14
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Moore, Barry
Alabama · May 7, 2026
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Biggs, Sheri
South Carolina · Mar 25, 2026
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Brecheen, Josh
Oklahoma · Mar 5, 2026
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 30, 2026
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Harshbarger, Diana
Tennessee · Jan 7, 2026
 R
Nehls, Troy E.
Texas · Dec 12, 2025
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Dec 1, 2025
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Nov 20, 2025
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Boebert, Lauren
Colorado · Nov 20, 2025
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Crane, Elijah
Arizona · Nov 20, 2025
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Fine, Randy
Florida · Nov 20, 2025
 R
Gill, Brandon
Texas · Nov 20, 2025
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Ogles, Andrew
Tennessee · Nov 20, 2025
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Self, Keith
Texas · Nov 20, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6225: PAUSE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6225/
MLA
"H.R. 6225: PAUSE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6225/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 6225, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6225/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6225/)
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