House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Committee actionMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 251.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 251, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007” on March 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 15, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18442
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f1d77a55aa8fe07b5fb3125b3aa542f0f9d1544843054f2510c1281a5aeb398a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 251, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007” on March 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 15, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18442
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f1d77a55aa8fe07b5fb3125b3aa542f0f9d1544843054f2510c1281a5aeb398a
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. 110-188 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/188
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f1d77a55aa8fe07b5fb3125b3aa542f0f9d1544843054f2510c1281a5aeb398a
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. 251, 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
31 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 11 Democrats
20 of 31 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Kuhl (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), John McHugh (R-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), David Reichert (R-WA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), John Shimkus (R-IL) and 1 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.