House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-280
Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008
Became law on Jul 21, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. James Oberstar D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2007 · 359–48
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 8, 2008
- To the PresidentJul 10, 2008
- Became lawJul 21, 2008
Latest action: Jul 21, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-280.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 802.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2007” 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/18365
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 802, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdc0fdd386040a5153ac160b3c494a3306511004872eddb2ab2015c6eded029a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2007” 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/18365
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 802, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdc0fdd386040a5153ac160b3c494a3306511004872eddb2ab2015c6eded029a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008” on May 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 24, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19745
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 802, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdc0fdd386040a5153ac160b3c494a3306511004872eddb2ab2015c6eded029a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008” on May 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 24, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19745
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 802, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdc0fdd386040a5153ac160b3c494a3306511004872eddb2ab2015c6eded029a
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. 110-394 ↗; H. Rept. 110-54 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/394
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/54 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 802, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdc0fdd386040a5153ac160b3c494a3306511004872eddb2ab2015c6eded029a
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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.