House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Committee actionApr 2, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 359.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 281.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 281, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 2, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19611
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94cf81511bb0814b0ce8e204d02d325259aee1ead6655101dcb4d953189fc226
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 281, Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 2, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19611
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94cf81511bb0814b0ce8e204d02d325259aee1ead6655101dcb4d953189fc226
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. 110-581 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on April 14, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/581
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 281, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94cf81511bb0814b0ce8e204d02d325259aee1ead6655101dcb4d953189fc226
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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
84 cosponsors — 84 Democrats
0 of 84 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX) and 54 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis.
- H.R. 1119 (110th) Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007
- H.Res. 1054 (110th) Honoring the service and achievements of women in the Armed Forces and female veterans.
- H.Res. 29 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2007.
- H.R. 3174 (110th) Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2007
- H.R. 2910 (110th) VETS Act of 2007
- H.R. 551 (110th) Home Ownership for America's Veterans 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.