House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

H.R. 2405Introduced May 21, 2007Policy area: Immigration

Sponsor: Rep. Sam Farr D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 21, 2007
Committee actionOct 24, 2007
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 24, 2007 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2405.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2405, Proud to Be an American Citizen Act” on November 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 24, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19290
CBO publication date
November 1, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2405, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2405
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 14, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2405, Proud to Be an American Citizen Act” on November 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 24, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19290
CBO publication date
November 1, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2405, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2405
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 14, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b9afa976965c99fcd95af8102949db40d28e6223980c237784e0ef3a78de3394
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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

59 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 49 Democrats

10 of 59 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), David Hobson (R-OH), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and 29 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-17 district

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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.