House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-173
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
Became law on May 14, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2001
- Committee actionApr 11, 2002
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateApr 18, 2002 · 97–0
- Resolving differencesMay 8, 2002
- To the PresidentMay 8, 2002
- Became lawMay 14, 2002
Latest action: May 14, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-173.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3525.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3525, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002” on August 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 8, 2002 and signed by the President on May 14, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13905
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1922cc924f97df05b3a65726857dec47a81452967a36325ef677a66c34b06c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3525, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002” on August 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 8, 2002 and signed by the President on May 14, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13905
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1922cc924f97df05b3a65726857dec47a81452967a36325ef677a66c34b06c
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 noteOn 3/12/2002, H.Res. 365 was agreed to by the House. H.Res. 365 incorporated the text of H.R. 3525, the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, in H.R. 1885, previously the Section 245(i) Extension Act dealing with certain immigration petition filing deadlines. Subsequent action on border security returned to H.R. 3525.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3525, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1922cc924f97df05b3a65726857dec47a81452967a36325ef677a66c34b06c
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 H.R. 3525, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.