House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Ellsworth D-INWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2008
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5729.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5729, Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19723
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5729, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5257c701817b4622818ab2e9b61f8f1e116ff1f6d415173e3d9ff0636478539
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5729, Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19723
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5729, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5257c701817b4622818ab2e9b61f8f1e116ff1f6d415173e3d9ff0636478539
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. 110-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs 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/645
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5729, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5257c701817b4622818ab2e9b61f8f1e116ff1f6d415173e3d9ff0636478539
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) 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.