House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-248

Local Preparedness Acquisition Act

H.R. 3179Introduced Jul 25, 2007Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Jun 26, 2008.

Sponsor: Rep. Edolphus Towns D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 25, 2007
Committee actionNov 8, 2007
Passed HouseDec 17, 2007 · by voice vote
Passed SenateJun 10, 2008 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentJun 18, 2008
Became lawJun 26, 2008

Latest action: Jun 26, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-248.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3179.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3179, Local Preparedness Acquisition Act” on November 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 8, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19338
CBO publication date
November 19, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3179
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3179, Local Preparedness Acquisition Act” on November 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 8, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19338
CBO publication date
November 19, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3179
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ca9bfba0efb7b491f114590b4487e8caa87c9f61e333db28dba73e7e6354620
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3179, Local Preparedness Acquisition Act” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19636
CBO publication date
April 14, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3179
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ca9bfba0efb7b491f114590b4487e8caa87c9f61e333db28dba73e7e6354620
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3179, Local Preparedness Acquisition Act” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19636
CBO publication date
April 14, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3179
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-494 ↗; S. Rept. 110-344 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2008 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/494
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/344
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3179
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats

4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.

Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Lee Terry (R-NE).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-10 district

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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.