House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. John Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2008
- Committee actionApr 16, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2008 · 349–62
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2008 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 719.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5613.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008” on April 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19654
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5613, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1241484fa3e2e243829220def618aef69e142d37de6115b0ae93582f6ac3c40f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008” on April 22, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19654
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5613, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1241484fa3e2e243829220def618aef69e142d37de6115b0ae93582f6ac3c40f
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. 110-600 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce 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/600
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5613, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1241484fa3e2e243829220def618aef69e142d37de6115b0ae93582f6ac3c40f
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.2642, which became Public Law 110-252 on 6/30/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5613, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1241484fa3e2e243829220def618aef69e142d37de6115b0ae93582f6ac3c40f
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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
220 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 181 Democrats
39 of 220 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI) and 190 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3668 (110th) TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007
- H.R. 2900 (110th) Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
- H.R. 518 (110th) International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007
- H.R. 3162 (110th) Children's Health and Medicare Protection 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.