House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2007
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2008 · 410–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4279.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008” on May 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19694
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcef8bcb976af039528ad3a068c1db048e27bfa52c7aacb0a8a49d1fae07d4d4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008” on May 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19694
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcef8bcb976af039528ad3a068c1db048e27bfa52c7aacb0a8a49d1fae07d4d4
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. 110-617 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/617
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcef8bcb976af039528ad3a068c1db048e27bfa52c7aacb0a8a49d1fae07d4d4
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3325, which became Public Law 110-403 on 10/13/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcef8bcb976af039528ad3a068c1db048e27bfa52c7aacb0a8a49d1fae07d4d4
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4279, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
19 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 9 Democrats
10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ric Keller (R-FL), Mike Pence (R-IN), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Diane Watson (D-CA), Melvin Watt (D-NC), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Conyers.
- H.R. 1130 (110th) Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act
- H.R. 3678 (110th) Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007
- H.R. 660 (110th) Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
- H.R. 5938 (110th) Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008
- H.R. 5104 (110th) To extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 15 days.
- H.R. 742 (110th) Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension 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.