House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2008
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2007
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3681.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3681, Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007” on May 13, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19728
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3681, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91cf7a623dee82fabe89e0b9819961cceefddecb86c208d0285405d1ce1ac366
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3681, Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007” on May 13, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19728
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3681, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91cf7a623dee82fabe89e0b9819961cceefddecb86c208d0285405d1ce1ac366
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. 110-644 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/644
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3681, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91cf7a623dee82fabe89e0b9819961cceefddecb86c208d0285405d1ce1ac366
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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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 12 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Hall (D-NY), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Mark Souder (R-IN), Zachary Space (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 296 (110th) Expressing support for the designation of August 2008 as "National Heat Stroke Awareness Month" to raise awareness and encourage…
- H.Res. 1158 (110th) Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas.
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.