House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Hodes D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2007
- Committee actionJul 16, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2008 · 398–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2192.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2192, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs” on July 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20070
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2192, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2192, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs” on July 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20070
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2192, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be872345c28341bf2a6d54e11809099c58ccdde693ff50de6ff2b61b974908b4
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. 110-773 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/773
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2192, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be872345c28341bf2a6d54e11809099c58ccdde693ff50de6ff2b61b974908b4
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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
44 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 39 Democrats
5 of 44 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), K. Conaway (R-TX), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Jim Matheson (D-UT) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Hodes.
- H.R. 2851 (110th) Michelle's Law
- H.R. 3873 (110th) Section 515 Rural Housing Property Transfer Improvement Act of 2007
- H.Res. 943 (110th) Remembering the space shuttle Challenger disaster and honoring its crew members, who lost their lives on January 28, 1986.
- H.Res. 1335 (110th) Celebrating the 120-year partnership between the Government and State veterans homes.
- H.Res. 1435 (110th) Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass.
- H.Res. 253 (110th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
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.