House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Maloney D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2008
- Committee actionJul 31, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2008 · 312–112
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5244.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 31, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20220
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5244, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38dfd1e503ae47f9345e3db305bf033c3d39e66e9d464c13c36dc9f46515d733
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 31, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20220
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5244, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38dfd1e503ae47f9345e3db305bf033c3d39e66e9d464c13c36dc9f46515d733
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. 110-857 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 17, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/857
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5244, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38dfd1e503ae47f9345e3db305bf033c3d39e66e9d464c13c36dc9f46515d733
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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
155 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 153 Democrats
2 of 155 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 125 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.