HR 717 — Repatriate Our Patriots Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors (4)
- Blumenauer, Earl (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Cuellar, Henry (D, TX-28) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2023-02-01 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Foreign Nationals in the U.S. Armed Forces: Immigration Issues
R48163· Reports · 2026-05-13Enlistment and appointment in the U.S. Armed Forces is currently limited to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), and residents of certain Pacific Islands (Freely Associated States). The U.
Connected on the graph
5 typed relationships in the influence graph — 4 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Blumenauer, Earl | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Neguse, Joe | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Salinas, Andrea | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Cuellar, Henry | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R48163 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuellar, Henry (D, house TX-28) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Blumenauer, Earl (D, house OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 692 | $595,104 | $595,104 |
| 2 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 82 | $153,031 | $153,031 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 72 | $109,139 | $109,139 |
| 4 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 54 | $108,420 | $108,420 |
| 5 | retired | 0 | $0 | 87 | $99,488 | $99,488 |
| 6 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 63 | $52,855 | $52,855 |
| 7 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 13 | $23,075 | $23,075 |
| 8 | holland & hart llp | 0 | $0 | 11 | $18,250 | $18,250 |
| 9 | honor nyc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 10 | foundry group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 11 | arnold ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 12 | university of colorado | 0 | $0 | 5 | $11,915 | $11,915 |
| 13 | us house of representatives | 0 | $0 | 1 | $11,250 | $11,250 |
| 14 | give forward foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 15 | starr-camargo bridge co. | 0 | $0 | 3 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 16 | akin gump | 0 | $0 | 6 | $10,175 | $10,175 |
| 17 | forbes tate partners | 0 | $0 | 7 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 18 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 6 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 19 | davita | 0 | $0 | 5 | $8,250 | $8,250 |
| 20 | metro west ambulance | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 21 | uc health | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,550 | $7,550 |
| 22 | ireland stapleton | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 23 | perry jacobson | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,200 | $7,200 |
| 24 | defense contract management agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | clermont llc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 260 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 3 yes / 0 no / 260 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cuellar, Henry (D · house · TX-28) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report R48163 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cuellar, Henry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Blumenauer, Earl (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship