House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2007
- Committee actionAug 1, 2007
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2008 — House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 3, 2009.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1717.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1717, A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio-and Agro-defense Facility” on August 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on August 1, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19084
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1717, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8576678cadcaf7ce0cbb67486f498583cc1e733a72b12ac7d1d64bcf9bdf1855
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1717, A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio-and Agro-defense Facility” on August 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on August 1, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19084
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1717, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8576678cadcaf7ce0cbb67486f498583cc1e733a72b12ac7d1d64bcf9bdf1855
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. 110-819 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 1, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/819
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1717, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8576678cadcaf7ce0cbb67486f498583cc1e733a72b12ac7d1d64bcf9bdf1855
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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
17 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Paul Broun (R-GA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), James Langevin (D-RI), John Linder (R-GA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Charles Pickering (R-MS), David Price (D-NC), Tom Price (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
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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.