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Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

H. R. 6978 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 Jan 8, 2026

Latest action (Jan 27, 2026) Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration
Legislative subjects (3)
Fraud offenses and financial crimesImmigrant health and welfareImmigration status and procedures

Summary
  • Requires the USCIS Director to review approved immigration benefit requests from January 20, 2021 to enactment that are implicated in a December 2025 presidential proclamation on foreign national entry restrictions.
  • Directs the review to verify that requests were properly adjudicated and applicable standards were correctly applied.
  • Requires the Director to provide an in-person briefing to House and Senate Judiciary Committees on review results by September 15, 2026.
  • Requires the Director to publish a public online report of review results by September 15, 2026.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (6)
  1. Jan 27, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398. · house
  2. Jan 27, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465. · house
  3. Jan 13, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 11. · house
  4. Jan 13, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  5. Jan 8, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  6. Jan 8, 2026 Introduced in House

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Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 1958 — Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 116 — Stopping Border Surges Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 175 — Deport Alien Gang Members Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 3322 — Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 8, 2026

Mr. Finstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

January 27, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 8, 2026]

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act”.

SEC. 2. PRESERVING INTEGRITY IN IMMIGRATION BENEFITS.

(a) In General.—The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall conduct a comprehensive review of all approved immigration benefit requests implicated in Presidential Proclamation 10998 entitled “Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States” (dated December 16, 2025) that were approved during the period beginning on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, to ensure that such requests were properly adjudicated and applicable standards were properly applied.

(b) In-Person Committee Briefing.—Not later than September 15, 2026, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall provide an in-person briefing to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on the results of the review required under subsection (a).

(c) Report.—Not later than September 15, 2026, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall make publicly available online a report containing the results of the review required under subsection (a). Union Calendar No. 398

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6978

[Report No. 119-465]

A BILL

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.

January 27, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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