House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2007
- Committee actionOct 31, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2537.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007” on November 13, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 31, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19321
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2537, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
597d98de348703aee67b274c4f88f41eb5f6fede6be124c4b77414ad0fb7dfed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007” on November 13, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 31, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19321
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2537, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
597d98de348703aee67b274c4f88f41eb5f6fede6be124c4b77414ad0fb7dfed
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. 110-491 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 13, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 13, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/491
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2537, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
597d98de348703aee67b274c4f88f41eb5f6fede6be124c4b77414ad0fb7dfed
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2537, 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
39 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 35 Democrats
4 of 39 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jane Harman (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Ron Klein (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.