United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5837 (110th)
To make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes.
Introduced
17 April 2008
Last action
28 April 2008 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Sponsors
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Subjects
Defence, Immigration, Taxation
Source updated
28 November 2025
Defence · Immigration · Taxation
Summary
Makes technical corrections to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.
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Timeline
17 April 2008
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 April 2008
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 April 2008 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5837
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5837
- us · 110-hr-5837 · source updated 28 November 2025