House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Maloney D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2008
- Committee actionApr 16, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2008 · 278–146
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2008 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5781.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008” on May 5, 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, May 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19695
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5781, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396b5325e60c85ef686b2e030a176c096a08bd3dd1175c2e7beee0b03a7a62e6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008” on May 5, 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, May 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19695
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5781, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396b5325e60c85ef686b2e030a176c096a08bd3dd1175c2e7beee0b03a7a62e6
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-624,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 110-624,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 17, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/624
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/624 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5781, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396b5325e60c85ef686b2e030a176c096a08bd3dd1175c2e7beee0b03a7a62e6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5781, 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
21 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 20 Democrats
1 of 21 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), George Miller (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.