House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2008
- Committee actionApr 23, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 382.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5579.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5579, Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008” on April 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19683
- CBO publication date
- April 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5579, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4bef4c230da442989db03636d2cad12717565e29b6c7a2a3e194db79a1f3227
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5579, Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008” on April 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19683
- CBO publication date
- April 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5579, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4bef4c230da442989db03636d2cad12717565e29b6c7a2a3e194db79a1f3227
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. 110-615 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 1, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/615
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5579, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4bef4c230da442989db03636d2cad12717565e29b6c7a2a3e194db79a1f3227
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5579, 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 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.