House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-362
To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 8, 2008.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2008
- Committee actionApr 2, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 27, 2008
- To the PresidentSep 30, 2008
- Became lawOct 8, 2008
Latest action: Oct 8, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-362.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5571.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5571, A bill to extend for five years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates” 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/19640
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5571, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94dbcaee14a7d47847dfe3ab235195bd93852795744c2a386997e853e2b94bd8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5571, A bill to extend for five years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates” 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/19640
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5571, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94dbcaee14a7d47847dfe3ab235195bd93852795744c2a386997e853e2b94bd8
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. 110-646 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/646
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5571, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94dbcaee14a7d47847dfe3ab235195bd93852795744c2a386997e853e2b94bd8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5571, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) 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.