House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 28, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 29, 2018 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7164.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 183, November 20, 2018, Page H9574):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7164, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 January 3, 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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 510 (115th) Rapid DNA Act of 2017
- H.R. 6896 (115th) United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2018
- H.R. 1188 (115th) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 1689 (115th) Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 2899 (115th) Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 5335 (115th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.