House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Rush Holt D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2008
- Committee actionApr 2, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2008 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 239 - 178 (Roll no. 188).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5036.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5036, Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008” on April 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 2, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19621
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5036, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5036
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5036, Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008” on April 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 2, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19621
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5036, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5036
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd105baf6664ed79d2c676d6ab575d5d27dd0a563b42a8c03a0c6f6dbc3025fd
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. 110-582 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on April 14, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/582
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5036, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5036
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd105baf6664ed79d2c676d6ab575d5d27dd0a563b42a8c03a0c6f6dbc3025fd
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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
92 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 91 Democrats
1 of 92 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 62 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt.
- H.Con.Res. 351 (110th) Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783.
- H.Con.Res. 317 (110th) Condemning the Burmese regime's undemocratic draft constitution and scheduled referendum.
- H.R. 160 (110th) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act
- H.R. 1051 (110th) National STEM Scholarship Database Act
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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.