House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 1997
- Committee actionOct 29, 1997
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 1998 — Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 429.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 429, NATO Special Immigrant Amendments of 1997” on November 4, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 29, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10535
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 429, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba7591917466a9a0ef20bbda356ec7aeda59a3a0eef600d83edaa32890fd4381
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-410 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 3, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 3, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/410
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 429, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba7591917466a9a0ef20bbda356ec7aeda59a3a0eef600d83edaa32890fd4381
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 429, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
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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.