House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2008
- Committee actionApr 2, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 6, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2008 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5493, A bill to provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Reprsentatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 3, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19614
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5493, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce465d4ee4a77f50aa4056c035a44d4a2a2b65d0fd38b1eeafde09c557eafcb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5493, A bill to provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Reprsentatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration” on April 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on April 3, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19614
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5493, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce465d4ee4a77f50aa4056c035a44d4a2a2b65d0fd38b1eeafde09c557eafcb
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. 110-588 ↗. 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/588
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5493, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce465d4ee4a77f50aa4056c035a44d4a2a2b65d0fd38b1eeafde09c557eafcb
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5493, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.