House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2007
- Committee actionOct 23, 2007
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 900.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007” on November 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 23, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19294
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 900, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/900
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
677cc23889b0ca9bfb645a9e42ab32d3c165126fd16162192e27b62db4f7de16
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007” on November 1, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 23, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19294
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 900, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/900
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
677cc23889b0ca9bfb645a9e42ab32d3c165126fd16162192e27b62db4f7de16
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. 110-597 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/597
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 900, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/900
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
677cc23889b0ca9bfb645a9e42ab32d3c165126fd16162192e27b62db4f7de16
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 900, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
129 cosponsors — 57 Republicans, 72 Democrats
57 of 129 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Castle (R-DE), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and 99 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
- H.Res. 1144 (110th) Expressing support for the designation of a Frank Sinatra Day, in honor of the dedication of the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp.
- H.R. 2829 (110th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2008
- H.Con.Res. 179 (110th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
- H.R. 7323 (110th) Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3005 (110th) Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007
- H.R. 6680 (110th) Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act
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.