House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2008
- Committee actionMay 20, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 18, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 19, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5982.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5982, Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction 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 Homeland Security on May 20, 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/19850
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5982, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e3b5d6fe378248164d5120e3c7399083257432f4d2b83edbb5b63917e0c33db
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5982, Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 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/19850
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5982, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e3b5d6fe378248164d5120e3c7399083257432f4d2b83edbb5b63917e0c33db
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. 110-688 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 5, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/688
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5982, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e3b5d6fe378248164d5120e3c7399083257432f4d2b83edbb5b63917e0c33db
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1684 (110th) Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- H.R. 1680 (110th) Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007
- H.R. 399 (110th) To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".
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.