House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Sponsor: Rep. Wm. Clay D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
- Committee actionSep 20, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 30, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2007 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1236.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1236, A bill to amend title 39, United State Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research” on September 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 20, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19170
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1236, A bill to amend title 39, United State Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research” on September 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 20, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19170
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1236, A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research” on October 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 16, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19236
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1236, A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research” on October 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 16, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19236
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-409 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 25, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/409
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.597, which became Public Law 110-150 on 12/21/2007.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1236, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f85830d047ededa04aff36731c7116e49755f7b518d84b935975e8ebeca919d7
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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
164 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 141 Democrats
23 of 164 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI) and 134 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.