House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 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. 1388.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act” on July 10, 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 10, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18816
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486b1199bf37ffd25dea23ab44399abb2485bca68de00e2fa8f88c644ee11489
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act” on July 10, 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 10, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18816
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486b1199bf37ffd25dea23ab44399abb2485bca68de00e2fa8f88c644ee11489
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. 110-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 23, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486b1199bf37ffd25dea23ab44399abb2485bca68de00e2fa8f88c644ee11489
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2739 as enacted, Section 341, Authorization and administration of Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. S.2739 became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486b1199bf37ffd25dea23ab44399abb2485bca68de00e2fa8f88c644ee11489
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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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
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- H.R. 5540 (110th) Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
- H.Res. 629 (110th) Extending the condolences and sympathy of the House of Representatives to the Government and the people of Greece for the grave loss of…
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.