House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5127.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALAZAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 132, August 1, 2023, Page H4159):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Visitor Visa Appointment Wait TimesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 99 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5127, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5127
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 7, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 7, 2024). 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
32 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 32 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Greg Lopez (R-CO), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Carol Miller (R-WV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Keith Self (R-TX), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maria Salazar.
- H.R. 4389 (118th) Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023
- H.R. 5349 (118th) Crucial Communism Teaching Act
- H.R. 4667 (118th) RECLAIM Taxpayer Funds Act
- H.R. 537 (118th) Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.Con.Res. 9 (118th) Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
- H.R. 314 (118th) FORCE Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.