House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 21, 2007 · 413–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2007 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 740.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 740, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007” on February 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18376
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f508a774673d74de47cc0f0c24df4cbd6ed80639056fba93e0048ee0c4250ddd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 740, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007” on February 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18376
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f508a774673d74de47cc0f0c24df4cbd6ed80639056fba93e0048ee0c4250ddd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 740, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007” on May 29, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18691
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f508a774673d74de47cc0f0c24df4cbd6ed80639056fba93e0048ee0c4250ddd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 740, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007” on May 29, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18691
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f508a774673d74de47cc0f0c24df4cbd6ed80639056fba93e0048ee0c4250ddd
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. 110-37 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 24, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/37
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f508a774673d74de47cc0f0c24df4cbd6ed80639056fba93e0048ee0c4250ddd
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 740, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Rick Boucher (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), J. Forbes (R-VA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Tim Murphy (R-PA), David Reichert (R-WA), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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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.