House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-FIRM properties.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Garrett R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 2007
- Committee actionOct 31, 2007
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3959, A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-FIRM properties” on November 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 31, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19345
- CBO publication date
- November 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ac06ea526304e208d709cc34aab2d5508221540f2ecb2b2b975136414d31b88
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3959, A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-FIRM properties” on November 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 31, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19345
- CBO publication date
- November 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ac06ea526304e208d709cc34aab2d5508221540f2ecb2b2b975136414d31b88
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. 110-510 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on January 16, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/510
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ac06ea526304e208d709cc34aab2d5508221540f2ecb2b2b975136414d31b88
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3959, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.