House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Alcee Hastings D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
- Committee actionJun 28, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2008 — Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1239.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007” on July 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 28, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18851
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007” on July 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 28, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18851
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007” on February 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19490
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007” on February 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19490
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 110-320 ↗; H. Rept. 110-248 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/320
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/248 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
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.2739, which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39ad559663c68dea9ddc7a40c6ce01b6d4260737a2bbc60a7fd1bddef5c200ed
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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
67 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 55 Democrats
12 of 67 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) and 37 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.