House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 1997
- Committee actionOct 7, 1997
- Passed HouseMar 25, 1998 · 407–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 1998 — Laid on the table. See S. 1178 for further action. (consideration: CR H1503)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2578.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2578, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States...” on November 6, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10522
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2578, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-387 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 7, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/387
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2578, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e153b0848cf2e892aa1f14810a944afc6ac8a50e5eaad041b646b94100a361f
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 1866 (105th) Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act of 1997
- H.R. 4658 (105th) To extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed.
- H.R. 4821 (105th) To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year…
- H.R. 992 (105th) Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997
- H.R. 3736 (105th) Temporary Access to Skilled Workers and H-1B Nonimmigrant Program Improvement Act of 1998
- H.R. 1591 (105th) Regulatory Accountability Act of 1997
Sponsor’s state and district
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.