House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-395
Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Became law on Oct 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 1999
- Committee actionJul 26, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 12, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 30, 2000
Latest action: Oct 30, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-395.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2883.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2883, Child Citizenship Act of 2000” on August 11, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 11, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12575
- CBO publication date
- August 11, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2883, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2883
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2883, Child Citizenship Act of 2000” on October 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 12, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12838
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2883, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78ad24ffbdab343ad4f67448e59e3077df9802a0a35939ac1c3106a70ac8c7d7
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. 106-852 ↗. 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/852
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2883, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78ad24ffbdab343ad4f67448e59e3077df9802a0a35939ac1c3106a70ac8c7d7
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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
41 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 41 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Peter King (R-NY), Steven Kuykendall (R-CA), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Bill McCollum (R-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Patsy Mink (D-HI), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Major Owens (D-NY), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ron Paul (R-TX) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 3767 (106th) Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act
- H.R. 4489 (106th) Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000
- H.R. 3061 (106th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant…
- H.R. 1520 (106th) Child Status Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 4227 (106th) Technology Worker Temporary Relief Act
- H.R. 490 (106th) To require the Secretary of Energy to purchase additional petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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.