American Dream and Promise Act of 2021
Passed the House in 2019 and 2021 and got a Senate hearing, never a Senate vote.
- BillH.R. 6
- Congress117th Congress, 2021 to 2023
- SponsorLucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat, CA)
- IntroducedMarch 3, 2021
- Cause of deathPassed one chamber
- Died inthe Senate
What it would have done
Created a path to permanent residency, then citizenship, for people brought to the U.S. as children and for certain holders of Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure.
The path to law
One chamber passed it. The other chamber’s leadership never brought it to the floor, and it expired when the Congress ended.
The votes
House, March 18, 2021. On passage (Roll no. 91).
228 yea, 197 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
Other lives of this bill
116th CongressH.R. 6. Passed the House in 2019; never received a Senate vote.
The record
Last verified November 10, 2026.