House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2007
- Committee actionJun 25, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2008 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 873.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4174.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4174, FOARAM Act” on July 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on June 25, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20030
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4174, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b0036ad90a4f510c76de70fbbf994ba3cbdc503e4db9f1707518c56c0a9afb0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4174, FOARAM Act” on July 2, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on June 25, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20030
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4174, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b0036ad90a4f510c76de70fbbf994ba3cbdc503e4db9f1707518c56c0a9afb0
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. 110-749 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 9, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/749
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4174, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b0036ad90a4f510c76de70fbbf994ba3cbdc503e4db9f1707518c56c0a9afb0
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4174, last updated April 7, 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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ron Klein (D-FL), John Olver (D-MA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA).
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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.