Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 1997
- Committee actionApr 23, 1998
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 1998 — Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1504.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1504, Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998” on May 14, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 23, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10803
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1504, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1504
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Connie Mack (R-FL), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY).
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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.