House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2008
- Committee actionApr 2, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5570.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5570, Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19629
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5570, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe8260e95c0b906877f80d0b4de29b468fbf781a1cd06c05572c39a5cec58308
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5570, Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19629
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5570, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe8260e95c0b906877f80d0b4de29b468fbf781a1cd06c05572c39a5cec58308
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. 110-589 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 14, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/589
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5570, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe8260e95c0b906877f80d0b4de29b468fbf781a1cd06c05572c39a5cec58308
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3606, which became Public Law 110-391 on 10/10/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5570, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe8260e95c0b906877f80d0b4de29b468fbf781a1cd06c05572c39a5cec58308
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5570, 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.