House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
Sponsor: Rep. Phil Hare D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2007
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2790.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2790, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19717
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2790, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
059a39ca2388c1b8caab2300c54f15ae9e997832acb13e040c3c75a688f3ef2b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2790, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19717
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2790, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
059a39ca2388c1b8caab2300c54f15ae9e997832acb13e040c3c75a688f3ef2b
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. 110-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/642
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2790, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
059a39ca2388c1b8caab2300c54f15ae9e997832acb13e040c3c75a688f3ef2b
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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
25 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 21 Democrats
4 of 25 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Tom Latham (R-IA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Joe Sestak (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6439 (110th) Mental Health for Heroes' Families Act of 2008
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.