House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2007
- Committee actionOct 24, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 29, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3877.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3877, Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act” on October 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 24, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19263
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3877, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3877, Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act” on October 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 24, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19263
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3877, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10ad1bb744b5d3aac3a67ed033c4df24c6c534c0b0dab94f3d952ff936100553
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. 110-411 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on October 29, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 29, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/411
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3877, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10ad1bb744b5d3aac3a67ed033c4df24c6c534c0b0dab94f3d952ff936100553
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3877, last updated December 5, 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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Mike Ross (D-AR), Mark Udall (D-CO), Edward Whitfield (R-KY), David Wu (D-OR), Don Young (R-AK).
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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.