House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2008
- Committee actionJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5531.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5531, Next Generation Radiation Screening Act of 2008” on July 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20048
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
837a4040063c9cebebda9048e4e1b0b59b81fb4105165da5978b153e92e70ddc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5531, Next Generation Radiation Screening Act of 2008” on July 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20048
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
837a4040063c9cebebda9048e4e1b0b59b81fb4105165da5978b153e92e70ddc
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. 110-764 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/764
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
837a4040063c9cebebda9048e4e1b0b59b81fb4105165da5978b153e92e70ddc
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.