House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2007
- Committee actionApr 3, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2008 · 285–132
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2634.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008” on April 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 3, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19616
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2634, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89fe41aeabbc66c581a745579647dac5e746ac1959c17bb69ce051f5199355e8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008” on April 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 3, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19616
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2634, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89fe41aeabbc66c581a745579647dac5e746ac1959c17bb69ce051f5199355e8
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. 110-575 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 10, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/575
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2634, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89fe41aeabbc66c581a745579647dac5e746ac1959c17bb69ce051f5199355e8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2634, last updated December 6, 2025. 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
104 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 99 Democrats
5 of 104 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and 74 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5818 (110th) Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008
- H.R. 6503 (110th) Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008
- H.R. 1852 (110th) Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007
- H.R. 3121 (110th) Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007
- H.R. 3524 (110th) HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007
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.