House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2008 · 392–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 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. 6493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 22, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20223
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6493, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39dab15ba561da72583e1d54439c85b780c68fe7cab1fc177e1a8bd2db46e52b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 22, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20223
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6493, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39dab15ba561da72583e1d54439c85b780c68fe7cab1fc177e1a8bd2db46e52b
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6493, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Oberstar.
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- H.R. 1495 (110th) Water Resources Development Act of 2007
- H.R. 3986 (110th) John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2008
- H.R. 802 (110th) Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008
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.