House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2007
- Committee actionMay 17, 2007
- Passed HouseMay 24, 2007 · 382–37
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2007 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 183.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2317.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2317, Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007” on May 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 17, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18661
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2317, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c482193cd9f29a9352c746c05985901db2937266f3ad855afc7d01c4ed8088e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2317, Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007” on May 18, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 17, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18661
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2317, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c482193cd9f29a9352c746c05985901db2937266f3ad855afc7d01c4ed8088e
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. 110-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 22, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2317, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c482193cd9f29a9352c746c05985901db2937266f3ad855afc7d01c4ed8088e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2317, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Zachary Space (D-OH), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 430 (110th) Calling for Iran to immediately release five dual Iranian-American citizens currently being held unjustly.
- H.R. 695 (110th) Taxpayer Abuse and Harassment Prevention Act of 2007
- H.R. 1222 (110th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
- H.R. 1223 (110th) Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act
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.