House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2007
- Committee actionNov 7, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 1, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1312.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service Act” on February 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007</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/19491
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1312, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb9c07f34470f3c9efee0b400f3b4da26ee09360c6a092dccb5149d42073df9f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service Act” on February 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007”.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/19491
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1312, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb9c07f34470f3c9efee0b400f3b4da26ee09360c6a092dccb5149d42073df9f
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. 110-540 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 6, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/540
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1312, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb9c07f34470f3c9efee0b400f3b4da26ee09360c6a092dccb5149d42073df9f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1312, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
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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.