House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008

H.R. 6568Introduced Jul 22, 2008Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 22, 2008
Committee actionSep 23, 2008
Passed HouseSep 25, 2008 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 26, 2008 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6568.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6568, Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008” on September 25, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2008</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2008 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20302
CBO publication date
September 25, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6568, 110th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6568
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6568, Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008” on September 25, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2008”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20302
CBO publication date
September 25, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6568, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6568
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9dfa91d997c2d90916d8be5fa3f72a7693a26eaada981a578e67c1b62b04616a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

23 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 17 Democrats

17 of 23 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Brian Baird (D-WA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Jim Marshall (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), John Olver (D-MA), Todd Platts (R-PA), David Price (D-NC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), John Tierney (D-MA), Melvin Watt (D-NC).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-8 district

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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.