House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2007

H.R. 3247Introduced Jul 31, 2007Policy area: Emergency Management

Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DC

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 31, 2007
Committee actionAug 2, 2007
Passed HouseOct 29, 2007 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 18, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1031.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3247.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2007” on September 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transporation and Infrastructure on August 2, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19172
CBO publication date
September 24, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3247, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3247
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
563ad285f6b766afd8f28ae58d330721f9f9e0d85fb7ca8d62717c21a1f1ca15
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2007” on September 24, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transporation and Infrastructure on August 2, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19172
CBO publication date
September 24, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3247, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3247
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
563ad285f6b766afd8f28ae58d330721f9f9e0d85fb7ca8d62717c21a1f1ca15
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2008” on May 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19759
CBO publication date
May 15, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3247, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3247
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
563ad285f6b766afd8f28ae58d330721f9f9e0d85fb7ca8d62717c21a1f1ca15
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2008” on May 15, 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, May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19759
CBO publication date
May 15, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3247, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3247
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
563ad285f6b766afd8f28ae58d330721f9f9e0d85fb7ca8d62717c21a1f1ca15
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 110-471 ↗; H. Rept. 110-387 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/471
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/387
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3247, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3247
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
563ad285f6b766afd8f28ae58d330721f9f9e0d85fb7ca8d62717c21a1f1ca15
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3247, 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

6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Richard Baker (R-LA), William Jefferson (D-LA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Gene Taylor (D-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.

Sponsor’s state and district

District of Columbia in Congress · DC at-large 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.