House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-257
To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
Became law on Jul 1, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Berman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2008
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJun 26, 2008
- To the PresidentJun 27, 2008
- Became lawJul 1, 2008
Latest action: Jul 1, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-257.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5690.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5690, A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes” on May 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19689
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5690, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 5690, A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes” on May 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19689
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5690, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cab21aa2e42b8d17ba6eded1b07d5f93680f6510c9c68d0916bb631dd9c176e6
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. 110-620 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/620
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5690, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cab21aa2e42b8d17ba6eded1b07d5f93680f6510c9c68d0916bb631dd9c176e6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5690, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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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.