House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress.
Sponsor: Rep. Peter DeFazio D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2008
- Committee actionJul 31, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2008 · 395–18
- 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6630.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6630, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a moror carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly a” on August 27, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 31, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20204
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6630, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6630
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f9214e6551f93a8e9566e7d170a7519d67229166b45e148b488823b5ca586ab7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6630, A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a moror carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly a” on August 27, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 31, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20204
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6630, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6630
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f9214e6551f93a8e9566e7d170a7519d67229166b45e148b488823b5ca586ab7
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. 110-833 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 9, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/833
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6630, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6630
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f9214e6551f93a8e9566e7d170a7519d67229166b45e148b488823b5ca586ab7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6630, 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
41 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 25 Democrats
16 of 41 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), David Davis (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Bob Filner (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), John McHugh (R-NY), John Mica (R-FL), Candice Miller (R-MI), Gary Miller (R-CA), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.