House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-99
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 5 years the special immigrant religious worker program.
Became law on Oct 15, 2003.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2003
- Committee actionSep 10, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 3, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 14, 2003
- Became lawOct 15, 2003
Latest action: Oct 15, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-99.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2152.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2152, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional five years the special immigrant religious worker program” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14757
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2152, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2152
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e90a1092082b0b0f792e46575329d917ed6b45ea4578ea0b15d6d8fcd244e8ab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2152, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional five years the special immigrant religious worker program” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14757
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2152, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2152
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e90a1092082b0b0f792e46575329d917ed6b45ea4578ea0b15d6d8fcd244e8ab
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. 108-271 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 16, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/271
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2152, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2152
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e90a1092082b0b0f792e46575329d917ed6b45ea4578ea0b15d6d8fcd244e8ab
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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