HR8645-119

In Committee

New Pathways Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, New Pathways Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Healthcare, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H3244CC65B9D043C1930291BA36765210: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the New Pathways Act.
  • Section H9243F537A32544AA9538C3CB86A43306: 2. Identification for returning citizens Section 231(b) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(b)) is amended to read as follows: (b)Identification...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, New Pathways Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Healthcare, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, New Pathways Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Healthcare Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 30, 2026

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Johnson of …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Healthcare Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"United States citizen covered individual" §H9243F537A32544AA9538C3CB86A43306

an individual in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons or sentenced to a term in community confinement who has— a social security card

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