House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2007
- Committee actionMay 20, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 18, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 19, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4179.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4179, Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19840
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4179, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbea6b8c76140c90a46126356b57048e4d97040596c68f512ebbcab4482e9342
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4179, Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19840
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4179, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbea6b8c76140c90a46126356b57048e4d97040596c68f512ebbcab4482e9342
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. 110-686 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 5, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/686
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4179, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbea6b8c76140c90a46126356b57048e4d97040596c68f512ebbcab4482e9342
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. 4179, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Christopher Carney (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
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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.