House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2007
- Committee actionMar 27, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 25, 2007 · 418–7
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2007 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1678.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007” on April 2, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 27, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18542
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1678, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8d191ff61964fa760cd4c89d6919cc807d14308e36c49a5dba27bbb2275223b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007” on April 2, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 27, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18542
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1678, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8d191ff61964fa760cd4c89d6919cc807d14308e36c49a5dba27bbb2275223b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007” on September 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19150
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1678, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8d191ff61964fa760cd4c89d6919cc807d14308e36c49a5dba27bbb2275223b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1678, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007” on September 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19150
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1678, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8d191ff61964fa760cd4c89d6919cc807d14308e36c49a5dba27bbb2275223b
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. 110-103 ↗; S. Rept. 110-194 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/103
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/194 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1678, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8d191ff61964fa760cd4c89d6919cc807d14308e36c49a5dba27bbb2275223b
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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
30 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 30 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Oberstar (D-MN), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Udall (D-CO), Tom Udall (D-NM), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Diane Watson (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 20 (110th) Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, and public judicial inquiry into the murder…
- H.R. 3320 (110th) Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2007
- H.R. 3096 (110th) Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007
- H.R. 3202 (110th) Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
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.