House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Berman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 2007
- Committee actionMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2007 · 329–78
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2007 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 580.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 580, A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, USC, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a U.S. attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes” on March 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 15, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18447
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 580, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df3a6bfa8b7340611b1ed995683058c2aa8b37c7f9eec1f1af5ae940f85fb72a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 580, A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, USC, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a U.S. attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes” on March 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 15, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18447
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 580, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df3a6bfa8b7340611b1ed995683058c2aa8b37c7f9eec1f1af5ae940f85fb72a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-58 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 20, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 20, 2007 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/58
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 580, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df3a6bfa8b7340611b1ed995683058c2aa8b37c7f9eec1f1af5ae940f85fb72a
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.214, which became Public Law 110-34 on 6/14/2007.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 580, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df3a6bfa8b7340611b1ed995683058c2aa8b37c7f9eec1f1af5ae940f85fb72a
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) 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.