House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2007
- Committee actionMar 8, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 15, 2007 · 347–73
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1362.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1362, Accountability in Contracting Act” on March 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 8, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18430
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1362, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8d492c32e42c8939f60f8640c09c82a9efa4cd6af56c19b731ed99958ef41b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1362, Accountability in Contracting Act” on March 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 8, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18430
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1362, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8d492c32e42c8939f60f8640c09c82a9efa4cd6af56c19b731ed99958ef41b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1362, Accountability in Contracting Act” on March 14, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on March 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18431
- CBO publication date
- March 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1362, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8d492c32e42c8939f60f8640c09c82a9efa4cd6af56c19b731ed99958ef41b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1362, Accountability in Contracting Act” on March 14, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on March 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18431
- CBO publication date
- March 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1362, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8d492c32e42c8939f60f8640c09c82a9efa4cd6af56c19b731ed99958ef41b7
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: H. Rept. 110-47,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 110-47,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/47
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/47 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1362, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8d492c32e42c8939f60f8640c09c82a9efa4cd6af56c19b731ed99958ef41b7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1362, last updated June 6, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
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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.