House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-396
Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act
Became law on Oct 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2000
- Committee actionApr 4, 2000
- Passed HouseApr 11, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 3, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 10, 2000
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 30, 2000
Latest action: Oct 30, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-396.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3767.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3767, Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act” on April 14, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House on April 11, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12211
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3767, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3767
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98dee13acda5ce670726c8e453b2fbcfe323745fdea8ada31b9d20e3443184f3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3767, Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act” on October 16, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 10, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12820
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3767, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3767
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98dee13acda5ce670726c8e453b2fbcfe323745fdea8ada31b9d20e3443184f3
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. 106-564 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 6, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/564
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3767, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3767
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98dee13acda5ce670726c8e453b2fbcfe323745fdea8ada31b9d20e3443184f3
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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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Charles Canady (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Joe Scarborough (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 2883 (106th) Child Citizenship Act of 2000
- 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.