House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Waxman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2008
- Committee actionJul 16, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6388.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6388, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008” on July 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20081
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e4aed839c3348ca1a6bb79f8c65a86d5e6de1b562c0abc8d6d7fb36dd9dad0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6388, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008” on July 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20081
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e4aed839c3348ca1a6bb79f8c65a86d5e6de1b562c0abc8d6d7fb36dd9dad0
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. 110-771 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/771
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6388, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6388
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e4aed839c3348ca1a6bb79f8c65a86d5e6de1b562c0abc8d6d7fb36dd9dad0
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), John Conyers (D-MI), John Dingell (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), George Miller (D-CA), James Oberstar (D-MN), David Obey (D-WI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), John Spratt (D-SC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
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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.