House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Committee actionJul 17, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 5, 2007 — 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. 23.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007” on July 25, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 17, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18972
- CBO publication date
- July 25, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f93dbc4fcd896ff94acc5efe71b4b10f02c860a0b4d72a77824e4794f3221e2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007” on July 25, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 17, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18972
- CBO publication date
- July 25, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f93dbc4fcd896ff94acc5efe71b4b10f02c860a0b4d72a77824e4794f3221e2
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. 110-269 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 27, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/269
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f93dbc4fcd896ff94acc5efe71b4b10f02c860a0b4d72a77824e4794f3221e2
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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
244 cosponsors — 76 Republicans, 168 Democrats
76 of 244 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI) and 214 more.
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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.