House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. James Oberstar D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2007
- Committee actionOct 31, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2008 · 367–55
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1050.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3999.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007” on December 3, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 31, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19378
- CBO publication date
- December 3, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007” on December 3, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 31, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19378
- CBO publication date
- December 3, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20226
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20226
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008” on September 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 17, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20255
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008” on September 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 17, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20255
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-750 ↗; S. Rept. 110-482 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/750
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/482 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3999, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed21d2df97faf1841f8141080bfc640735379fd55cb9ec830668b098c7791793
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.
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1495 (110th) Water Resources Development Act of 2007
- H.R. 3986 (110th) John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2008
- H.R. 802 (110th) Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008
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.