House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-142
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
Became law on Dec 20, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 2007
- Committee actionSep 26, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 4, 2007 · 386–27
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 18, 2007
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2007
- Became lawDec 20, 2007
Latest action: Dec 20, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-142.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3648, Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007” on September 28, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 26, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19180
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3648, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
395272c74d13a97e81413038895cf76c324f76b87a72710b5a1ce2c233f9c1c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3648, Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007” on September 28, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 26, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19180
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3648, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
395272c74d13a97e81413038895cf76c324f76b87a72710b5a1ce2c233f9c1c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3648, Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007” on January 25, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2007, and signed by the President on December 20, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19448
- CBO publication date
- January 25, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3648, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
395272c74d13a97e81413038895cf76c324f76b87a72710b5a1ce2c233f9c1c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3648, Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007” on January 25, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2007, and signed by the President on December 20, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19448
- CBO publication date
- January 25, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3648, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
395272c74d13a97e81413038895cf76c324f76b87a72710b5a1ce2c233f9c1c4
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. 110-356 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 1, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/356
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3648, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
395272c74d13a97e81413038895cf76c324f76b87a72710b5a1ce2c233f9c1c4
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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
25 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 22 Democrats
3 of 25 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rush Holt (D-NJ), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Zachary Space (D-OH), Pete Stark (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
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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.