Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-448
A bill 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.
Became law on Nov 6, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2000
- Committee actionJul 20, 2000
- Passed SenateJul 21, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 10, 2000 · without objection
- Resolving differencesOct 19, 2000
- To the PresidentOct 26, 2000
- Became lawNov 6, 2000
Latest action: Nov 6, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-448.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2812.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2812, A bill 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” on July 26, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12539
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2812, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2812
- 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 “S. 2812, An act 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” on October 24, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 19, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12861
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2812, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d9615c787930d757b1b0078020c73e85ed0d48446ab2b4eed4db5bb1eed8a4c2
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2812, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch.
- S. 2045 (106th) Kids 2000 Act
- S. 249 (106th) Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act
- S. 1515 (106th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000
- S. 28 (106th) Four Corners Interpretive Center Act
- S. 1258 (106th) Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999
- S. 1259 (106th) Trademark Amendments Act of 1999
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.