House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2007
- Committee actionSep 17, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2994.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008” on September 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20263
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2994, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2994
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008” on September 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20263
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2994, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2994
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c12d045fc67a2a2517ecf3ad4b60c7aee38bdf689a91c3bbf179ec7c1a3db57e
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. 110-871 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/871
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2994, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2994
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c12d045fc67a2a2517ecf3ad4b60c7aee38bdf689a91c3bbf179ec7c1a3db57e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2994, last updated December 5, 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
56 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 41 Democrats
15 of 56 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), David Davis (R-TN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), John Kuhl (R-NY), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim Marshall (D-GA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.