House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Wilson R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2007
- Committee actionMay 23, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2007 · 390–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2008 — Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 497.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 497, Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007” on May 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 23, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18719
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
175ac0ff4beb1d3f1f40992355864caa42f12bad2f69851436d71ba1da9936ab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 497, Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007” on May 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 23, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18719
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
175ac0ff4beb1d3f1f40992355864caa42f12bad2f69851436d71ba1da9936ab
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: S. Rept. 110-103 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 26, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/103
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
175ac0ff4beb1d3f1f40992355864caa42f12bad2f69851436d71ba1da9936ab
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2739, which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
175ac0ff4beb1d3f1f40992355864caa42f12bad2f69851436d71ba1da9936ab
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 497, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
J. Barrett (R-SC), Henry Brown (R-SC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Bob Inglis (R-SC), John Spratt (D-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
- H.Res. 747 (110th) Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
- H.Res. 1383 (110th) Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the independence of Bulgaria.
- H.Res. 245 (110th) Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
- H.R. 471 (110th) Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2007
- H.Con.Res. 315 (110th) Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible.
- H.R. 697 (110th) National Right-to-Work 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.