2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB5227: LIFT the BAR Act of 2021 Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act of 2021
Legislative Summary
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes.
Bill History
9/10/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
9/10/2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House of Representatives
9/13/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House of Representatives
10/5/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
House of Representatives
11/1/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(9/10/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 101
Primary Sponsor

Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (100)
Tony Cardenas
Democrat
Alma Adams
Democrat
Jake Auchincloss
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Jamaal Bowman
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Kathy Castor
Democrat
Judy Chu
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Jim Cooper
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Veronica Escobar
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Lois Frankel
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Sara Jacobs
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Mondaire Jones
Democrat
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Carolyn Maloney
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Grace Napolitano
Democrat
Marie Newman
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat
Linda Sanchez
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Adam Smith
Democrat
Darren Soto
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Norma Torres
Democrat
Ritchie Torres
Democrat
David Trone
Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Kaialii Kahele
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Lori Trahan
Democrat
Michael San Nicolas
Democrat
Mark DeSaulnier
Democrat
Ed Perlmutter
Democrat
Brenda Lawrence
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Democrat
Lloyd Doggett
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat
Donald Payne
Democrat
Andy Levin
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Pete Aguilar
Democrat
Luis Correa
Democrat
Chellie Pingree
Democrat
Diana DeGette
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Juan Vargas
Democrat
Mark Takano
Democrat
Jimmy Panetta
Democrat
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat
Terri Sewell
Democrat
Jason Crow
Democrat
Seth Moulton
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Mike Levin
Democrat
Brad Sherman
Democrat
Jimmy Gomez
Democrat
Robin Kelly
Democrat
Hakeem Jeffries
Democrat
Al Lawson
Democrat
G. Butterfield
Democrat
Anthony Brown
Democrat
Joaquin Castro
Democrat
Scott Peters
Democrat
Eric Swalwell
Democrat
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democrat
Marc Veasey
Democrat
Don Beyer
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Democrat
Alan Lowenthal
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat
Suzan DelBene
Democrat
Sean Casten
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Salud Carbajal
Democrat