House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2008
- Committee actionMay 15, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2008 — For Further Action See P.L. 110-288 (S. 2766).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5949.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5949, Clean Boating Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19849
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5949, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 5949, Clean Boating Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 15, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19849
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5949, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca51d0f20b57806acc9977cddcc437cc30f18352a415b9ea9e5a9c08fbe39ba7
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. 110-765 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/765
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5949, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca51d0f20b57806acc9977cddcc437cc30f18352a415b9ea9e5a9c08fbe39ba7
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2766, which became Public Law 110-288 on 7/29/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5949, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca51d0f20b57806acc9977cddcc437cc30f18352a415b9ea9e5a9c08fbe39ba7
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5949, 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
28 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 28 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Dan Boren (D-OK), John Campbell (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Steve Israel (D-NY), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Ron Klein (D-FL), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), John Kuhl (R-NY), Candice Miller (R-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX), Harold Rogers (R-KY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Betty Sutton (D-OH), James Walsh (R-NY), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
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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.