House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 9, 2007 · 303–108
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2007 — Star Print ordered on the bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 720.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007” on March 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 1, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18398
- CBO publication date
- March 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 720, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5a9227e5545713b16ff90426ce3aadb210294f0a544d871fc4de2e268e64be7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007” on March 5, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 1, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18398
- CBO publication date
- March 5, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 720, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5a9227e5545713b16ff90426ce3aadb210294f0a544d871fc4de2e268e64be7
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. 110-30 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 6, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/30
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 720, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5a9227e5545713b16ff90426ce3aadb210294f0a544d871fc4de2e268e64be7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 720, 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
32 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 27 Democrats
5 of 32 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), John Dingell (D-MI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), John Hall (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Gerald Weller (R-IL) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1495 (110th) Water Resources Development Act of 2007
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- 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.