United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4832 (108th)
Freedom of the Press Reinforcement Act
Introduced
14 July 2004
Last action
4 August 2004 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Sponsors
Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31], Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Freedom of the Press Reinforcement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow aliens who are representatives of foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign information media to enter the United States as B (temporary visitors for business) nonimmigrants under the visa waiver program.
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Timeline
14 July 2004
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 July 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 July 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 2004
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 14 July 2004 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4832
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4832
- us · 108-hr-4832 · source updated 18 August 2025