House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy.
Sponsor: Rep. James Oberstar D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseFeb 12, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2007 — Provisions of Measure Incorporated into Title V, Subtitle C, Section 521 of H.R. 6.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 798.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 798, A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy” on February 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18364
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 798, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31d32f90f5dc37983f4419d12e335978492bd2755e361f01348d2b072fb31adb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 798, A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy” on February 12, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18364
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 798, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31d32f90f5dc37983f4419d12e335978492bd2755e361f01348d2b072fb31adb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 798, An act to direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy” on June 11, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 6, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18743
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 798, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31d32f90f5dc37983f4419d12e335978492bd2755e361f01348d2b072fb31adb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 798, An act to direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy” on June 11, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 6, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18743
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 798, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31d32f90f5dc37983f4419d12e335978492bd2755e361f01348d2b072fb31adb
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 110-224 ↗; H. Rept. 110-11 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/224
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/11 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 798, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31d32f90f5dc37983f4419d12e335978492bd2755e361f01348d2b072fb31adb
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) 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.