House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2008
- Committee actionJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 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. 6575.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6575, Over-Classification Reduction Act” on July 29, 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 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20125
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6575, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b932d1a20133a7dce46c79d4f09bbee60430757de6dd9f54c19603d009f750c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6575, Over-Classification Reduction Act” on July 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20125
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6575, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b932d1a20133a7dce46c79d4f09bbee60430757de6dd9f54c19603d009f750c
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. 110-809 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 30, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/809
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6575, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b932d1a20133a7dce46c79d4f09bbee60430757de6dd9f54c19603d009f750c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6575, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.