House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-344
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
Became law on Oct 7, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2007
- Committee actionJun 13, 2007
- Passed HouseJun 20, 2007 · 422–2
- Passed SenateSep 24, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 26, 2008
- Became lawOct 7, 2008
Latest action: Oct 7, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-344.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 923.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 923, Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007” on June 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18770
- CBO publication date
- June 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 923, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0caada13050670a81967efc6248923158d1813a489a69d42f340523c25f050b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 923, Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007” on June 19, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18770
- CBO publication date
- June 19, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 923, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0caada13050670a81967efc6248923158d1813a489a69d42f340523c25f050b
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. 110-200 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 19, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/200
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 923, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0caada13050670a81967efc6248923158d1813a489a69d42f340523c25f050b
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 923, last updated December 5, 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
83 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 80 Democrats
3 of 83 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 2040 (110th) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act
- H.Res. 61 (110th) Observing the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging the people of the United States to observe the Birthday of Martin…
- H.Res. 1286 (110th) Recognizing and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Black Arts Festival.
- H.Res. 1061 (110th) Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to…
- H.Res. 1293 (110th) Commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in…
- H.R. 7083 (110th) Charity Enhancement Act of 2008
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.