House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Wakefield Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2007
- Committee actionMar 13, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 8, 2008 · 390–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2464.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2464, Wakefield Act” on April 4, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19605
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2464, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d52ce2a2e64f38ef846ab8ee5923e4c972e2d77944633143f4936698baa90ffb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2464, Wakefield Act” on April 4, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19605
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2464, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d52ce2a2e64f38ef846ab8ee5923e4c972e2d77944633143f4936698baa90ffb
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. 110-568 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/568
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2464, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d52ce2a2e64f38ef846ab8ee5923e4c972e2d77944633143f4936698baa90ffb
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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
75 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 57 Democrats
18 of 75 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), David Davis (R-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) and 45 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.