House bill · 110th Congress · Latest step: To the President
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Ike Skelton D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2007
- Committee actionMay 9, 2007
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2007 · 397–27
- Passed SenateOct 1, 2007 · 92–3
- Resolving differencesDec 6, 2007
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2007
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2008 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Armed Services. Agreed to by voice vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1585.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on May 14, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 11, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18648
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on May 14, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 11, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18648
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on June 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 17, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18739
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on June 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 17, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18739
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
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 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-146 ↗; H. Rept. 110-146,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 110-477 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 15, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/146
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/146
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/477 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
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- Congress.gov noteFor more information, see Presidential Vetoes, 2001-present at the Senate Vetoes reference page. For further action on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, see H.R. 4986, which became Public Law 110-181 on 1/28/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb32fbd96d2f65bc2878328281ab07375e9a49d9c2032ca5c7d27ac980b8daa
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.