House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2008
- Committee actionApr 9, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 24, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5687.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5687, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2008” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 9, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19742
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5687, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37255874ef2a83fcb32e2c6e9886102f513e4ae44e18c3c1e7b87a0e7dfa8d14
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5687, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2008” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 9, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19742
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5687, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37255874ef2a83fcb32e2c6e9886102f513e4ae44e18c3c1e7b87a0e7dfa8d14
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. 110-650 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/650
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5687, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37255874ef2a83fcb32e2c6e9886102f513e4ae44e18c3c1e7b87a0e7dfa8d14
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5687, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.