House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Burgess R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2007
- Committee actionSep 17, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — 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. 2583.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2583, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20267
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2583, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2583, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20267
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2583, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3f6928e3742384151d99358d3640104066f2c4a7e22a0e7de6fd7640ad18d69
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. 110-872 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/872
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2583, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3f6928e3742384151d99358d3640104066f2c4a7e22a0e7de6fd7640ad18d69
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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
23 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 23 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Dan Boren (D-OK), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Kay Granger (R-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Holden (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Todd Platts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Victor Snyder (D-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess.
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- H.R. 6908 (110th) Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2008
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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.