House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

H.R. 1684Introduced Mar 26, 2007Policy area: Emergency Management

Where it went

IntroducedMar 26, 2007
Committee actionMar 27, 2007
Passed HouseMay 9, 2007 · 296–126
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 11, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1684.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1684, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on May 2, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 28, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18600
CBO publication date
May 2, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7577db5eb810915d2f7f50d59afd5196a28cc5661573e0817598b5bd701198e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1684, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on May 2, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 28, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18600
CBO publication date
May 2, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7577db5eb810915d2f7f50d59afd5196a28cc5661573e0817598b5bd701198e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1684, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on June 25, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 9, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18781
CBO publication date
June 25, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7577db5eb810915d2f7f50d59afd5196a28cc5661573e0817598b5bd701198e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1684, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008” on June 25, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 9, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18781
CBO publication date
June 25, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7577db5eb810915d2f7f50d59afd5196a28cc5661573e0817598b5bd701198e
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. 110-122 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 4, 2007.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/122
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f7577db5eb810915d2f7f50d59afd5196a28cc5661573e0817598b5bd701198e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1684, last updated April 7, 2025. 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

10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats

2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Christopher Carney (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA).

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Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress · MS-2 district

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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.