House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008

H.R. 4056Introduced Nov 1, 2007Policy area: Commemorations

Sponsor: Rep. Brad Ellsworth D-IN

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 1, 2007
Committee actionMay 15, 2008
Passed HouseApr 15, 2008 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 28, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 905.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4056.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4056, Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008” on June 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2008 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19863
CBO publication date
June 10, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4056, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4056
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae2e4bbb658acd2847a76c3535d3be22155077ff79d5b56d3e46178095af37f
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4056, Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008” on June 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19863
CBO publication date
June 10, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4056, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4056
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae2e4bbb658acd2847a76c3535d3be22155077ff79d5b56d3e46178095af37f
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.
Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2565, which became Public Law 110-298 on 7/31/2008.
Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4056, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4056
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae2e4bbb658acd2847a76c3535d3be22155077ff79d5b56d3e46178095af37f

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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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.

Tim Holden (D-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Ellsworth.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-8 district

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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.