House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-314
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Became law on Aug 14, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2007
- Committee actionDec 18, 2007
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2007 · 407–0
- Passed SenateMar 6, 2008 · 79–13
- Resolving differencesJun 25, 2008
- To the PresidentAug 6, 2008
- Became lawAug 14, 2008
Latest action: Aug 14, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-314.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4040.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008” on August 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20167
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4040, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813ff8c02b39b20f29b3304def4a30a693b1cf27dcf088540563831334bb4cc4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008” on August 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20167
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4040, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813ff8c02b39b20f29b3304def4a30a693b1cf27dcf088540563831334bb4cc4
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. 110-787 ↗; H. Rept. 110-501 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 19, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/787
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/501 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4040, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813ff8c02b39b20f29b3304def4a30a693b1cf27dcf088540563831334bb4cc4
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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
106 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 98 Democrats
8 of 106 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Dingell (D-MI), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 76 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 20 (110th) Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
- H.R. 2474 (110th) Product Safety Civil Penalties Improvement Act
- H.R. 2606 (110th) 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007
- H.Con.Res. 108 (110th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.
- H.R. 18 (110th) To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
- H.R. 958 (110th) Data Accountability and Trust 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.