House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2007
- Committee actionApr 24, 2007
- Passed HouseMay 10, 2007 · 409–13
- 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1873.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act” on May 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 26, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18625
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness on Contracting Act” on May 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 3, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18626
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act” on May 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 26, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18625
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness on Contracting Act” on May 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 3, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18626
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act” on May 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on<br /> May 10, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18702
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act” on May 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 10, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18702
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
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. 110-111,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 110-111,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 110-111,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/111
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/111
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/111 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48f9e2b5012da68ab98a7d00f8241a1cc10afaf1cdca5c7c436944ed41ef8235
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1873, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
29 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 17 Democrats
12 of 29 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), David Davis (R-TN), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV), William Jefferson (D-LA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), 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.