House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Bart Gordon D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2008
- Committee actionMay 7, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2008 · 407–6
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2008 — Hearing Held by Committee Prior to Introduction and Referral (04/16/2008)..
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5940.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5940, National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008” on May 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on May 7, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19799
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5940, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ea2e24eca7771372bdcba6fe9cdaf6c5db2e04db73ae6749117fff9ef5d83ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5940, National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008” on May 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on May 7, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19799
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5940, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ea2e24eca7771372bdcba6fe9cdaf6c5db2e04db73ae6749117fff9ef5d83ba
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. 110-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 4, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/682
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5940, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ea2e24eca7771372bdcba6fe9cdaf6c5db2e04db73ae6749117fff9ef5d83ba
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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
31 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 15 Democrats
16 of 31 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Brian Baird (D-WA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Baron Hill (D-IN), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Mark Udall (D-CO), Charles Wilson (D-OH) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bart Gordon.
- H.R. 365 (110th) Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007
- H.R. 3403 (110th) NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 2272 (110th) America COMPETES Act
- H.R. 1237 (110th) Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 362 (110th) To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 363 (110th) Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act
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.