House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-157
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007
Became law on Dec 26, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep. Tammy Baldwin D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2007
- Committee actionMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 21, 2007 · 424–0
- Passed SenateNov 2, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 11, 2007
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2007
- Became lawDec 26, 2007
Latest action: Dec 26, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-157.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 797.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 797, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, to provide for the use of National Directory of New Hires for income verification” on March 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 15, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18449
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 797, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a036cb1fe405672e09e5c6cd657a7ca3ec3ab85559b63f8686965e8ec0b54f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 797, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, to provide for the use of National Directory of New Hires for income verification” on March 20, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 15, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18449
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 797, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a036cb1fe405672e09e5c6cd657a7ca3ec3ab85559b63f8686965e8ec0b54f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 797, Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007” on February 27, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as passed by the Congress on December 17, 2007, and signed by the President on December 26, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19501
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 797, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a036cb1fe405672e09e5c6cd657a7ca3ec3ab85559b63f8686965e8ec0b54f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 797, Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007” on February 27, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as passed by the Congress on December 17, 2007, and signed by the President on December 26, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19501
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 797, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a036cb1fe405672e09e5c6cd657a7ca3ec3ab85559b63f8686965e8ec0b54f
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. 110-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 20, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 20, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/57
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 797, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a036cb1fe405672e09e5c6cd657a7ca3ec3ab85559b63f8686965e8ec0b54f
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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
64 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 49 Democrats
15 of 64 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), John Hall (D-NY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and 34 more.
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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.