House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Capuano D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2007
- Committee actionAug 2, 2007
- Passed HouseJan 22, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 409.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 409, A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to inspect highway tunnels” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on August 2, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19128
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 409, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a82e334c8494acc1ccae680115d7c68bd9b17faa8d841a12dbd36304894861c0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 409, A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to inspect highway tunnels” on September 4, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on August 2, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19128
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 409, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a82e334c8494acc1ccae680115d7c68bd9b17faa8d841a12dbd36304894861c0
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-454 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 15, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/454
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 409, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a82e334c8494acc1ccae680115d7c68bd9b17faa8d841a12dbd36304894861c0
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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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), David Wu (D-OR).
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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.