To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5551.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5551, A bill to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys represent” on March 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2008 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19569

  CBO publication date

  March 24, 2008

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 110th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0dbaff13e54a17251715fcd51c190f8cb289e54ff214492651628b5111a1a31

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5551, A bill to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys represent” on March 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2008 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19569

  CBO publication date

  March 24, 2008

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 110th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0dbaff13e54a17251715fcd51c190f8cb289e54ff214492651628b5111a1a31

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5551, An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19639

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2008

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 110th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0dbaff13e54a17251715fcd51c190f8cb289e54ff214492651628b5111a1a31

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5551, An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19639

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2008

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 110th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0dbaff13e54a17251715fcd51c190f8cb289e54ff214492651628b5111a1a31

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 110-432 ↗; H. Rept. 110-560 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2008 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/432
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/560

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 110th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0dbaff13e54a17251715fcd51c190f8cb289e54ff214492651628b5111a1a31

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

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