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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of aliens having certain disabilities.

H.R. 4838Introduced Jul 12, 2000Policy area: Immigration
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 10, 2000 — Laid on the table. See S. 2812 for further action.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4838.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4838, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Christopher Cox (R-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Christopher Shays (R-CT).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-18 district

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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.