House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act

H.R. 1389Introduced Mar 7, 2007Policy area: Commemorations

Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 7, 2007
Committee actionJul 19, 2007
Passed HouseSep 24, 2007 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 25, 2007 — 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. 1389.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1389, Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act” on July 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 19, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19003
CBO publication date
July 26, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1389, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1389
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1389, Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act” on July 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 19, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19003
CBO publication date
July 26, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1389, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1389
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2d3fc34745df3bda80f002dbb5a41d8486bfc33323600d16c801091a1804a69
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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1389, 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

20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats

9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), John Kuhl (R-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), John McHugh (R-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), James Walsh (R-NY), Albert Wynn (D-MD).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-3 district

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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.