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Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

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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.

Status timeline

Introduced 1/8/2026
  1. 1/27/2026
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.
  2. 1/27/2026
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.
  3. 1/27/2026
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.
  4. 1/13/2026
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 11.
  5. 1/13/2026
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 1/8/2026
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  7. 1/8/2026
    Introduced in House
  8. 1/8/2026
    Introduced in House