House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2007
- Committee actionNov 2, 2007
- Passed HouseNov 6, 2007 · 410–0
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 18, 2007
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2008 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3997.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-426 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 6, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/426
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15d9473a608a9f91e10ed8c6639e21a4a4798b9766a0ee71dca1924533db3a20
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- Congress.gov noteOn 9/29/2008, H.R.3997 failed passage as the original House vehicle for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. For further action on the economic rescue legislation, see H.R.1424.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15d9473a608a9f91e10ed8c6639e21a4a4798b9766a0ee71dca1924533db3a20
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3997, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
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- H.R. 3648 (110th) Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
- H.R. 1830 (110th) To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.
- H.R. 3996 (110th) Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007
- H.R. 5264 (110th) Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008
- H.R. 6532 (110th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.
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.