House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-240

Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

H.R. 2517Introduced May 24, 2007Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on Jun 3, 2008.

Sponsor: Rep. Nick Lampson D-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 24, 2007
Committee actionMay 20, 2008
Passed HouseDec 5, 2007 · 408–3
Passed SenateMay 20, 2008 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentMay 23, 2008
Became lawJun 3, 2008

Latest action: Jun 3, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-240.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2517.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2517, Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007” on January 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on December 5, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19452
CBO publication date
January 29, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2517, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2517
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1842144be144ccf9bd9f691e7c2654de5b54579db2687fba960908df3abdf78e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2517, Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007” on January 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on December 5, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19452
CBO publication date
January 29, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2517, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2517
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1842144be144ccf9bd9f691e7c2654de5b54579db2687fba960908df3abdf78e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2517, last updated August 10, 2026. 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

95 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 68 Democrats

27 of 95 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), James Clyburn (D-SC), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Thelma Drake (R-VA) and 65 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-22 district

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