House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for persons committing such offenses while armed.
Sponsor: Rep. James Rogan R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionJul 25, 2000
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2000 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 238.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 238, A bill to amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18 . . .” on September 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 25, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12623
- CBO publication date
- September 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 238, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
874feed887bbc5dff2425e96852b9cf665b1ae151c628d974d7cbadc07dca5a7
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-850 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 14, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/850
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 238, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
874feed887bbc5dff2425e96852b9cf665b1ae151c628d974d7cbadc07dca5a7
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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.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.