House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2007
- Committee actionMay 14, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1485.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1485, A bill for the relief of Esther Karinge” on June 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19867
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1485, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e2e7470270064a207c05696860c637cb3ad1f44336899c60be0cdab438b28cd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1485, A bill for the relief of Esther Karinge” on June 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19867
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1485, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e2e7470270064a207c05696860c637cb3ad1f44336899c60be0cdab438b28cd
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. 110-741 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/741
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1485, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e2e7470270064a207c05696860c637cb3ad1f44336899c60be0cdab438b28cd
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1485, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.