House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. George Miller D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2008
- Committee actionApr 9, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 30, 2008 · 247–165
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5522.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008” on April 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on April 9, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19649
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5522, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008” on April 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on April 9, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19649
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5522, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
abbda1fda7b0673279c773fb0431aa0e65222025367e07092bb171e366128674
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. 110-601 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/601
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5522, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
abbda1fda7b0673279c773fb0431aa0e65222025367e07092bb171e366128674
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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
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Miller.
- H.R. 5715 (110th) Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
- H.R. 2669 (110th) College Cost Reduction and Access Act
- H.R. 4137 (110th) Higher Education Opportunity Act
- H.R. 6889 (110th) To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 800 (110th) Employee Free Choice Act of 2007
- H.R. 2831 (110th) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay 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.