H.R. 5979

Summary

H.R. 5979, the Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Nov 7, 2025 by Rep. Keith Self (R). It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Nov 7, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 5979 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5979 IH: Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5979  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 7, 2025   Mr. Self  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on  Oversight and Government Reform , 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   A BILL
To require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025  .
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In general
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, by rule, require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure that is—
(1)
a Postal Service barcode (or successive service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual document mailed. This accountability measure could be either a tracking number or
(2)
a requirement for a signature of the recipient on any mail including such document sent from any United States Citizenship and Immigration Services facility.
 This section does not apply in the case of a document presented to an individual in person.

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To require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure.

Sponsors

Rep. Keith Self (R) sponsors H.R. 5979 alone.

Keith Self

Rep. · R–TX-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5979 went before 2 committees: Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Nov 7, 2025 · 696 Bills

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Nov 7, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5979 has taken 2 actions since Nov 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5979 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5979 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Immigration Document Delivery Accountability Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require that any document pertaining to the immigration status of an individual that, in the determination of the Secretary, is to be carried or delivered by mail, by the United States Postal Service, shall include a trackable accountability measure. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 5 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5979 in 1 quarterly filing, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Housing, Veterans.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5979 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5979’s is Immigration.

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