Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2003
- Committee actionJan 30, 2003
- Passed SenateMar 20, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 205.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 205, Iraqi Scientists Immigration Act of 2003” on February 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 30, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14269
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 205, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439210e741db53dfda38bebe8300885a5e8fdf7ff032a6a092e93f57f246044d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 205, Iraqi Scientists Immigration Act of 2003” on February 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 30, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14269
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 205, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439210e741db53dfda38bebe8300885a5e8fdf7ff032a6a092e93f57f246044d
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. 205, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
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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.