House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Edolphus Towns D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2008
- Committee actionMay 7, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 4, 2008 · 405–10
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5669.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008” on May 20, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 7, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19795
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5669, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4c062dd8c2e12b418bcb9c5426ac21d2a03c3467743ededf377ae4e1e1e443e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008” on May 20, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 7, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19795
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5669, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4c062dd8c2e12b418bcb9c5426ac21d2a03c3467743ededf377ae4e1e1e443e
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. 110-681 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 4, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/681
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5669, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4c062dd8c2e12b418bcb9c5426ac21d2a03c3467743ededf377ae4e1e1e443e
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2932, which became Public Law 110-377 on 10/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5669, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4c062dd8c2e12b418bcb9c5426ac21d2a03c3467743ededf377ae4e1e1e443e
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5669, last updated April 21, 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
34 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 25 Democrats
9 of 34 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Melissa Bean (D-IL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McCrery (R-LA), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Lee Terry (R-NE), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 4 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.