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House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Fence By Date Certain Act

H.R. 4987Introduced Jan 16, 2008Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Rep. Walter Jones R-NC
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 31, 2008 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

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

57 cosponsors — 56 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 57 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Howard Coble (R-NC), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), David Davis (R-TN), Charles Dent (R-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Dean Heller (R-NV) and 27 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-3 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.