House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Broun R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2008
- Committee actionJun 26, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5743.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5743, Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act” on August 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Comittee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20184
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5743, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5743, Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act” on August 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Comittee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20184
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5743, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2050b0dc93094d3936f89be8abd906f4e039c1631bf7327f5e2d86a5ff88f0c
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. 110-828 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/828
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5743, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2050b0dc93094d3936f89be8abd906f4e039c1631bf7327f5e2d86a5ff88f0c
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.