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House bill · 103rd Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend preferential treatment in the admission of Amerasian children to children born in the Philippines.

H.R. 2429Introduced Jun 16, 1993Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Rep. Lucien Blackwell D-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 18, 1993 — Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

113 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 91 Democrats, 1 independent

19 of 113 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Michael Andrews (D-TX), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Jim Bacchus (D-FL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Helen Bentley (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), William Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), John Conyers (D-MI), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Ron De Lugo (D-VI), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Floyd Flake (D-NY) and 83 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 103rd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucien Blackwell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-2 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.