House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 2007
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2008 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Drake. Petition No: 110-5. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/110/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis5.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4088.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4088, Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007” on April 4, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on November 6, 2007.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19598
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4088, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4088
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2daf2b4f68507debfdef9547d715216c8909b848e1871e842133c90eabf140fd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4088, Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007” on April 4, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on November 6, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19598
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4088, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4088
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2daf2b4f68507debfdef9547d715216c8909b848e1871e842133c90eabf140fd
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 noteOn 3/11/2008, a motion was filed to discharge the Committees on Homeland Security, Judiciary, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Agriculture, and Natural Resources from consideration of H.R 4088. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action.
(Discharge Petition No. 110-5: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4088, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4088
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2daf2b4f68507debfdef9547d715216c8909b848e1871e842133c90eabf140fd
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4088, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
157 cosponsors — 108 Republicans, 49 Democrats
108 of 157 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN) and 127 more.
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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.