House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Carson D-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2007
- Committee actionJul 31, 2008
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 840.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 840, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 31, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20228
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 840, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 840, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008” on September 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 31, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20228
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 840, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bb9d015636da63b487db7598e745ce56d443355d7d39cdc6fbb553c2e368f47
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. 110-906 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on October 2, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/906
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 840, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bb9d015636da63b487db7598e745ce56d443355d7d39cdc6fbb553c2e368f47
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 840, last updated January 21, 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
86 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 82 Democrats
4 of 86 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL) and 56 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.