To provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying for admission to the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2278.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, A bill to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying . . .” on July 27, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 24, 2001</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13179

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, A bill to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying . . .” on July 27, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 24, 2001”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13179

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying . . .” 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/13474

  CBO publication date

  December 19, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying . . .” 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/13474

  CBO publication date

  December 19, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany tranferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany tranferees have to be continuously employed before applying for . . .” on January 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 20, 2001</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 4, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13481

  CBO publication date

  January 4, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2278, An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany tranferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany tranferees have to be continuously employed before applying for . . .” on January 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 20, 2001”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 4, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13481

  CBO publication date

  January 4, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

• 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. 107-188 ↗.
  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/188

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2278, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0656e7f5d2b08f88aae49528ad1b0acbd16422294e74db2c4ceeca4a989ce5c4

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2278, 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.