House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2007 · 395–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2008 — Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 85.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 85, Energy Technology Transfer Act” on March 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 28, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18415
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 85, Energy Technology Transfer Act” on March 7, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on February 28, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18415
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 85, Energy Technology Transfer Act” on August 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19069
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 85, Energy Technology Transfer Act” on August 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19069
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
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: H. Rept. 110-38 ↗; S. Rept. 110-162 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/38
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/162 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2739, which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 85, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/85
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47556427790fd7182016f0221599e1ff4dac657c0c1330ffd54b577ff9b97b32
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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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) 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.