House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep. John Hostettler R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2005
- Committee actionMay 18, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2293.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2293, A bill to provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with the United States Armed Forces” on May 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16536
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d90ea653dba84169388753d9efdad0c6455448dd93ce8c12ecdeecfd00bcf30
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2293, A bill to provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with the United States Armed Forces” on May 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16536
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d90ea653dba84169388753d9efdad0c6455448dd93ce8c12ecdeecfd00bcf30
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. 109-99 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 26, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/99
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d90ea653dba84169388753d9efdad0c6455448dd93ce8c12ecdeecfd00bcf30
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.