House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Harry Mitchell D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 27, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 3, 2008 · 412–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2008 — Received in the Senate and 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. 4847.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4847, United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008” on March 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 27, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19526
- CBO publication date
- March 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4847, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486cf877834186321d5a8dbe8291a7bb9c1ae1e69f87c8ff047a2d098dfa6e55
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4847, United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008” on March 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 27, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19526
- CBO publication date
- March 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4847, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486cf877834186321d5a8dbe8291a7bb9c1ae1e69f87c8ff047a2d098dfa6e55
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. 110-559 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on March 31, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 31, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/559
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4847, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486cf877834186321d5a8dbe8291a7bb9c1ae1e69f87c8ff047a2d098dfa6e55
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2606, which became Public Law 110-376 on 10/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4847, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
486cf877834186321d5a8dbe8291a7bb9c1ae1e69f87c8ff047a2d098dfa6e55
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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
28 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 18 Democrats
10 of 28 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), John Hall (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Jim Matheson (D-UT), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Brad Miller (D-NC), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Mark Udall (D-CO), Charles Wilson (D-OH), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harry Mitchell.
- H.Res. 1323 (110th) Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series.
- H.R. 5740 (110th) Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008
- H.R. 1268 (110th) Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007
- H.R. 5087 (110th) To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009.
- H.R. 2934 (110th) To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2008.
- H.R. 6687 (110th) Fuel Immigration Enforcement Act
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.