To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1933.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1933, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas” on July 6, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41565

  CBO publication date

  July 6, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1933, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1933

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a3a7c608babe4e5577988724afb806f326978992ff3257a67475758a04448f1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 19, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/153

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1933, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1933

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a3a7c608babe4e5577988724afb806f326978992ff3257a67475758a04448f1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3343):
  Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1933, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1933

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a3a7c608babe4e5577988724afb806f326978992ff3257a67475758a04448f1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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