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H.R. 6978 119th Congress House

Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

Official title: To direct the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to conduct a review of certain approved immigration benefit requests, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 8, 2026 Introduced by: Brad Finstad Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Immigration Fraud offenses and financial crimesImmigrant health and welfareImmigration status and procedures
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.
Jan 27, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.
Jan 13, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 11.
Jan 13, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced in House
Jan 8, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6978: Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6978/
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"H.R. 6978: Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6978/.
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H.R. 6978, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6978/.
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