House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Braley D-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2008
- Committee actionJul 30, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5167.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5167, Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act” on September 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20229
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5167, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5167
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1e832e666cadab6748c800194456603e9e16c132ed44b3a7644ae9e02eac5ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5167, Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act” on September 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20229
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5167, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5167
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1e832e666cadab6748c800194456603e9e16c132ed44b3a7644ae9e02eac5ba
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. 110-844 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/844
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5167, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5167
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1e832e666cadab6748c800194456603e9e16c132ed44b3a7644ae9e02eac5ba
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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
38 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 35 Democrats
3 of 38 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), John Hall (D-NY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), John Sarbanes (D-MD) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Braley.
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- H.R. 1873 (110th) Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act
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- H.Res. 924 (110th) Congratulating Iowa State University of Science and Technology for 150 years of leadership and service to the United States and the world…
- H.R. 2915 (110th) National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Reauthorization 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.