House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-343
A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 3, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Kennedy D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2007
- Committee actionJul 18, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2008 · 268–148
- Passed SenateOct 1, 2008 · 74–25
- Resolving differencesOct 3, 2008
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2008
- Became lawOct 3, 2008
Latest action: Oct 3, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-343.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1424.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on September 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 18, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19122
- CBO publication date
- September 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on September 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 18, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19122
- CBO publication date
- September 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on October 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 26, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19191
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on October 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 26, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19191
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on November 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 16, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19344
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007” on November 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 16, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19344
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008” on June 6, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Additional information regarding CBO's estimate for a provision in the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 5, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19861
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008” on June 6, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Additional information regarding CBO's estimate for a provision in the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 5, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19861
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
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. 110-374,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 110-374,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/374
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/374 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. H.R.1424 is the vehicle for the economic rescue legislation. Division A is the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; Division B is the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; and Division C is the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1424, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de140309f03bc1d6a949246c7843689af57fb2649488dbfc7606f51ea464dc73
Sent to: Education and Workforce Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Ways and Means CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1424, last updated March 23, 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
274 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 233 Democrats
41 of 274 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA) and 244 more.
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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.