House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
- Committee actionMar 13, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 8, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations” on March 31, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19577
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d90b05e4b0f88e29bc39a9bb4cd79c1b9ef2dcc7de1555c86c1383fc51b3f803
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Public Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations” on March 31, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19577
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d90b05e4b0f88e29bc39a9bb4cd79c1b9ef2dcc7de1555c86c1383fc51b3f803
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. 110-566 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/566
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d90b05e4b0f88e29bc39a9bb4cd79c1b9ef2dcc7de1555c86c1383fc51b3f803
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1237, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
175 cosponsors — 74 Republicans, 101 Democrats
74 of 175 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI) and 145 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.