House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-360
To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to embassy bombings.
Became law on Nov 10, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 13, 1998
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 15, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 21, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 10, 1998
Latest action: Nov 10, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-360.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4821.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4821, An act to extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to embassy bombings” on October 28, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 21, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11299
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4821, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4821
- 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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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.
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- H.R. 4658 (105th) To extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed.
- 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. 2578 (105th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with…
- 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.