House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-207
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000
Became law on May 26, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Vento D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionMar 30, 2000
- Passed HouseMay 2, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 18, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMay 23, 2000
- To the PresidentMay 24, 2000
- Became lawMay 26, 2000
Latest action: May 26, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-207.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 371.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1999” on April 4, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 30,2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12186
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 371, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/371
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000” on May 25, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on May 18, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12304
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 371, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/371
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da4acb2fa6a2962b9b34052c3036bad91694d9992f5c495614effbda72747515
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000” on June 2, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12319
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 371, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/371
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da4acb2fa6a2962b9b34052c3036bad91694d9992f5c495614effbda72747515
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. 106-563 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 18, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/563
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 371, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/371
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da4acb2fa6a2962b9b34052c3036bad91694d9992f5c495614effbda72747515
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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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
108 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 66 Democrats
43 of 108 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), George Gekas (R-PA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA) and 78 more.
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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.