House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 2007
- Committee actionNov 7, 2007
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1087.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3971.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007” on January 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19422
- CBO publication date
- January 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
664ed2be80d175d33be05c77810155820c3496408edab8c106c3a1e146976d1b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007” on January 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19422
- CBO publication date
- January 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
664ed2be80d175d33be05c77810155820c3496408edab8c106c3a1e146976d1b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008” on October 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 25, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20347
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
664ed2be80d175d33be05c77810155820c3496408edab8c106c3a1e146976d1b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008” on October 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 25, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20347
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
664ed2be80d175d33be05c77810155820c3496408edab8c106c3a1e146976d1b
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. 110-512 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/512
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
664ed2be80d175d33be05c77810155820c3496408edab8c106c3a1e146976d1b
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. 3971, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) 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.