House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2007
- Committee actionMar 13, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 27, 2007 · 299–124
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2007 — For Further Action See Titles XII, XIII, XIV and XV of H.R. 1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1401.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1401, Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007” on March 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18455
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1401, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4b74cb48033778e98af1bc31abd2be3f1b9d8814ef2d50e6c1cfe6b7f8e995a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1401, Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007” on March 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18455
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1401, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4b74cb48033778e98af1bc31abd2be3f1b9d8814ef2d50e6c1cfe6b7f8e995a
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. 110-65 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 22, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 22, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/65
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1401, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4b74cb48033778e98af1bc31abd2be3f1b9d8814ef2d50e6c1cfe6b7f8e995a
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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
18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Christopher Carney (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Al Green (D-TX), Jane Harman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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- H.R. 1 (110th) Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
- H.R. 1684 (110th) Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- H.R. 1680 (110th) Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007
- H.R. 5982 (110th) Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008
- H.R. 399 (110th) To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
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.