House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Hall R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 22, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 27, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2008 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-684, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3916.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3916, Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2008” on April 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 27, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19597
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a806c5c9b0ca39bddde65973ab9b7ce1b9a1fd1f07d72f86e3c044acd5e649
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3916, Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2008” on April 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 27, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19597
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a806c5c9b0ca39bddde65973ab9b7ce1b9a1fd1f07d72f86e3c044acd5e649
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. 110-684 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 4, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/684
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a806c5c9b0ca39bddde65973ab9b7ce1b9a1fd1f07d72f86e3c044acd5e649
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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
26 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 26 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Kay Granger (R-TX), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), David Reichert (R-WA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Adrian Smith (R-NE), John Sullivan (R-OK), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Hall.
- H.R. 2339 (110th) Produced Water Utilization Act of 2008
- H.Res. 709 (110th) Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum on October 9, 2007, and for other…
- H.Res. 1471 (110th) Honoring the 50th anniversary of the successful demonstration of the first integrated circuit and its impact on the electronics industry.
- H.R. 368 (110th) Notch Fairness Act of 2007
- H.R. 6579 (110th) New Resources for Domestic Consumption Act of 2008
- H.R. 1978 (110th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".
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.