House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-42
To extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas.
Became law on Oct 4, 2013.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2013
- Committee actionOct 2, 2013
- Passed HouseOct 2, 2013 · without objection
- Passed SenateOct 3, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2013
- Became lawOct 4, 2013
Latest action: Oct 4, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 113-42.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3233.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6174):Article I of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3233, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.