House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-141
To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
Became law on Dec 19, 2007.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2007
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 4, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2007
- Became lawDec 19, 2007
Latest action: Dec 19, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-141.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4118.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4118, An act to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University” on December 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 6, 2007, and signed by the President on December 20, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19413
- CBO publication date
- December 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4118, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bc0eb7efdc5e28c18390be921319d53aa2be3e751ab0bd1f8f18147d3d91a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4118, An act to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University” on December 21, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 6, 2007, and signed by the President on December 20, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 21, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19413
- CBO publication date
- December 21, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4118, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bc0eb7efdc5e28c18390be921319d53aa2be3e751ab0bd1f8f18147d3d91a7
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’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4118, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Eric Cantor (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Boucher.
- H.R. 2102 (110th) Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
- H.R. 1011 (110th) Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007
- H.R. 3454 (110th) To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the George Washington National Forest in Alleghany…
- H.Con.Res. 416 (110th) Commending Barter Theatre on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- H.Res. 306 (110th) Offering heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families regarding the horrific violence at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia…
- H.R. 3236 (110th) Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007
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.