House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Murphy D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 2007
- Committee actionMar 13, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3928.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3928, Government Contractor Accountability 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/19613
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1abf1ece6c8283eff2c55be146e5e3b48a7361b8950ff6f37e2c11ad8f7dd770
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3928, Government Contractor Accountability 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/19613
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1abf1ece6c8283eff2c55be146e5e3b48a7361b8950ff6f37e2c11ad8f7dd770
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. 110-594 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 17, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/594
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1abf1ece6c8283eff2c55be146e5e3b48a7361b8950ff6f37e2c11ad8f7dd770
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.2642, which became Public Law 110-252 on 6/30/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1abf1ece6c8283eff2c55be146e5e3b48a7361b8950ff6f37e2c11ad8f7dd770
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3928, last updated April 7, 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
17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 16 Democrats
1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Duncan (R-TN), John Hall (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), John Olver (D-MA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Murphy.
- H.Res. 528 (110th) Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Town of New Milford, Connecticut.
- H.R. 5772 (110th) Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008
- H.R. 6411 (110th) Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008
- H.R. 2065 (110th) Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007
- H.R. 4239 (110th) Establishing the House Independent Commission on Standards Act
- H.R. 4677 (110th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Cyclopropylaminonicotinic acid.
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.