To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 398.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 398, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent reside” on February 2, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 26, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 2, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22016

  CBO publication date

  February 2, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 398, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-141 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 8, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/141

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 398, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H435):
  Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 398, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d829188842e546edf94ded2692c08928a520bf87b082ad2e57a0ebfaa64da994

  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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