House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-185
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
Became law on May 30, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Davis R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2001
- Committee actionOct 10, 2001
- Passed HouseOct 30, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 10, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 20, 2002
- Became lawMay 30, 2002
Latest action: May 30, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-185.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1840.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, A bill to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on October 12, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 10, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13302
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, A bill to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on October 12, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 10, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13302
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, An act to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on December 19, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 13, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13471
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, An act to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on December 19, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 13, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13471
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, An act to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on May 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 10, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13676
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, An act to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees” on May 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 10, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13676
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
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. 107-254 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/254
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9af9b7df0adb1d5ca2ead79d54e18f4c577c6ba71de0e00bdcace3212398dabd
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Tom DeLay (R-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
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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.