House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2007
- Committee actionJun 11, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 24, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2008 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 837.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2818.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2818, Veterans Epilepsy Treatment Act of 2008” on June 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19964
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2818, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bf3dc30cbcc2d1753056d26abda46e4479f72302e8cf224e917456058634f2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2818, Veterans Epilepsy Treatment Act of 2008” on June 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19964
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2818, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bf3dc30cbcc2d1753056d26abda46e4479f72302e8cf224e917456058634f2
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. 110-722 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 19, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/722
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2818, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bf3dc30cbcc2d1753056d26abda46e4479f72302e8cf224e917456058634f2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2818, last updated April 7, 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
135 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 109 Democrats
26 of 135 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and 105 more.
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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.