House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-49
Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Became law on Jul 26, 2007.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 14, 2007
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2007 · 423–0
- Passed SenateJun 29, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 11, 2007
- To the PresidentJul 18, 2007
- Became lawJul 26, 2007
Latest action: Jul 26, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-49.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 556.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007” on February 16, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18375
- CBO publication date
- February 16, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd5fb8656bb1adc5f1c5785e68b7a85a3f15d67c47fb5527709d88eb086fbfe3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007” on February 16, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18375
- CBO publication date
- February 16, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd5fb8656bb1adc5f1c5785e68b7a85a3f15d67c47fb5527709d88eb086fbfe3
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. 110-24 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 23, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/24
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd5fb8656bb1adc5f1c5785e68b7a85a3f15d67c47fb5527709d88eb086fbfe3
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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
58 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 30 Democrats
28 of 58 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jane Harman (D-CA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Steve Israel (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY) and 28 more.
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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.