House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Payne D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2007
- Committee actionMay 7, 2008
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 820.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2627.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2627, Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison” on May 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19737
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2627, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
427a9e7cc60c0ef3e305ebdff08e292775f877e0dc590610c042ccad8b56f32f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2627, Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison” on May 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19737
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2627, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
427a9e7cc60c0ef3e305ebdff08e292775f877e0dc590610c042ccad8b56f32f
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. 110-388 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 16, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/388
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2627, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2627
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
427a9e7cc60c0ef3e305ebdff08e292775f877e0dc590610c042ccad8b56f32f
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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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
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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.