House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Miller D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 29, 2007
- Committee actionJun 11, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 8, 2008 · 360–23
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2008 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 867.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3981.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act” on June 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19977
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dea496d9d87601a8c6b7d7462b7faa06b687dcf6266f9d20a68e09bcd08a8de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act” on June 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19977
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dea496d9d87601a8c6b7d7462b7faa06b687dcf6266f9d20a68e09bcd08a8de
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. 110-738 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/738
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dea496d9d87601a8c6b7d7462b7faa06b687dcf6266f9d20a68e09bcd08a8de
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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
58 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 47 Democrats
11 of 58 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), James Langevin (D-RI), Sander Levin (D-MI) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Miller.
- H.R. 3915 (110th) Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007
- H.Res. 334 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community College Month.
- H.R. 3609 (110th) Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007
- H.R. 6508 (110th) Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Procedures Act of 2008
- H.R. 5476 (110th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on ethofumesate in bulk or mixtures.
- H.R. 5485 (110th) PEPFAR Accountability and Transparency Act
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.