House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2008
- Committee actionJun 11, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 8, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5741.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008” on July 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20026
- CBO publication date
- July 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5741, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90abffe5811640e00b3851927230f23c38d8b02bd3b9a632445cfc46d2d1ce8f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008” on July 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20026
- CBO publication date
- July 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5741, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90abffe5811640e00b3851927230f23c38d8b02bd3b9a632445cfc46d2d1ce8f
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. 110-740 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/740
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5741, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90abffe5811640e00b3851927230f23c38d8b02bd3b9a632445cfc46d2d1ce8f
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5741, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), 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.