House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2007
- Committee actionJul 16, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3202.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3202, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008” on September 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20253
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3202, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f2dde77ecc35fb7149e7758e69f421b04ab4174f78e5a3772e04390b5a261dd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3202, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008” on September 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20253
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3202, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f2dde77ecc35fb7149e7758e69f421b04ab4174f78e5a3772e04390b5a261dd
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. 110-877 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs 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/877
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3202, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f2dde77ecc35fb7149e7758e69f421b04ab4174f78e5a3772e04390b5a261dd
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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
29 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 29 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), André Carson (D-IN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Brad Miller (D-NC), James Moran (D-VA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Scott (D-GA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Diane Watson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Frank Wolf (R-VA), David Wu (D-OR).
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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.