House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2008
- Committee actionApr 22, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2008 — 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. 5712.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5712, Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act” on April 18, 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 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19651
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5712, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ee36ab0a267c611fe8a8c5073f997dd6c7a0049a34520f6d732e0c729168bfb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5712, Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act” on April 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19651
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5712, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ee36ab0a267c611fe8a8c5073f997dd6c7a0049a34520f6d732e0c729168bfb
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. 110-599 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform 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/599
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5712, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ee36ab0a267c611fe8a8c5073f997dd6c7a0049a34520f6d732e0c729168bfb
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 H.R.2642, which became Public Law 110-252 on 6/30/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5712, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ee36ab0a267c611fe8a8c5073f997dd6c7a0049a34520f6d732e0c729168bfb
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5712, last updated December 5, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
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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.