House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2007
- Committee actionJun 24, 2008
- Passed HouseOct 9, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 958.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2553.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2553, Public Diplomacy Resources Centers Act of 2007” on January 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19419
- CBO publication date
- January 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f3f3e59ee11a9ab56ad5d6f676a4789e99b194a66b7de0fd2c636f1066ef24
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2553, Public Diplomacy Resources Centers Act of 2007” on January 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19419
- CBO publication date
- January 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f3f3e59ee11a9ab56ad5d6f676a4789e99b194a66b7de0fd2c636f1066ef24
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2553, Public Diplomacy Resources Centers Act of 2008” on July 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 24, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20025
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f3f3e59ee11a9ab56ad5d6f676a4789e99b194a66b7de0fd2c636f1066ef24
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2553, Public Diplomacy Resources Centers Act of 2008” on July 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 24, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20025
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f3f3e59ee11a9ab56ad5d6f676a4789e99b194a66b7de0fd2c636f1066ef24
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: S. Rept. 110-459 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on September 12, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/459
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64f3f3e59ee11a9ab56ad5d6f676a4789e99b194a66b7de0fd2c636f1066ef24
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.