House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2007
- Committee actionDec 12, 2007
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4220.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4220, Federal Food Donation Act of 2007” on December 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 12, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19399
- CBO publication date
- December 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4220, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1cf3d03e2a8528427357f826627fbed77921035d1882ce44ecd9dddb588a3d8a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4220, Federal Food Donation Act of 2007” on December 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 12, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19399
- CBO publication date
- December 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4220, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1cf3d03e2a8528427357f826627fbed77921035d1882ce44ecd9dddb588a3d8a
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 noteFor further action, see S.2420, which became Public Law 110-247 on 6/20/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4220, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1cf3d03e2a8528427357f826627fbed77921035d1882ce44ecd9dddb588a3d8a
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4220, 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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 13 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Al Green (D-TX), Steve Israel (D-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Richard Neal (D-MA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Zachary Space (D-OH), Lee Terry (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 806 (110th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the marketing of authorized generic drugs.
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.