House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Braley D-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2007
- Committee actionMar 13, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 14, 2008 · 376–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2008 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 929.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3548.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3548, Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19612
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3548, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff2fd1db2938eaa532ccb9bd4a1b4e088c2f88e6f68725e2dc95332f58898124
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3548, Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19612
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3548, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff2fd1db2938eaa532ccb9bd4a1b4e088c2f88e6f68725e2dc95332f58898124
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. 110-580 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 10, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/580
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3548, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff2fd1db2938eaa532ccb9bd4a1b4e088c2f88e6f68725e2dc95332f58898124
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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
32 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 30 Democrats
2 of 32 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Dan Burton (R-IN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Phil Hare (D-IL), Baron Hill (D-IN), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Tim Mahoney (D-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moran (D-VA), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Zachary Space (D-OH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Mark Udall (D-CO) and 2 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.