House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2005
- Committee actionSep 29, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3647.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3647, A bill to render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors” on October 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17255
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3647, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c8170114e050129fb690b15d956574c22eb2601338ee786815841becc159c76
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3647, A bill to render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors” on October 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17255
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3647, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c8170114e050129fb690b15d956574c22eb2601338ee786815841becc159c76
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. 109-251 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 18, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/251
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3647, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c8170114e050129fb690b15d956574c22eb2601338ee786815841becc159c76
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3647, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.