House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Trail of Tears Documentation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2008
- Committee actionJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5335.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5335, Trail of Tears Documentation Act” on July 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20122
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5335, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c60f68db8fd331e3760c88257b4569c1200554d009577d7969d15f5262e199aa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5335, Trail of Tears Documentation Act” on July 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20122
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5335, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c60f68db8fd331e3760c88257b4569c1200554d009577d7969d15f5262e199aa
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. 110-840 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 11, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/840
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5335, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c60f68db8fd331e3760c88257b4569c1200554d009577d7969d15f5262e199aa
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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
21 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 21 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Marion Berry (D-AR), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), John Linder (R-GA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Tom Price (R-GA), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Victor Snyder (D-AR), John Sullivan (R-OK), John Tanner (D-TN), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
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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.