House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-409
Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
Became law on Oct 14, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. James Cooper D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2007
- Committee actionAug 2, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2007 · 404–11
- Passed SenateSep 24, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 27, 2008
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2008
- Became lawOct 14, 2008
Latest action: Oct 14, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-409.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 928.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 928, Improving Government Accountability Act” on September 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on August 2, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19178
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e5ffc9b92338de1ab4e21eff7696540efcc0329cd29bc6ed8948bdd0f32a07
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 928, Improving Government Accountability Act” on September 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on August 2, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19178
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e5ffc9b92338de1ab4e21eff7696540efcc0329cd29bc6ed8948bdd0f32a07
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. 110-354 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 27, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/354
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 928, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58e5ffc9b92338de1ab4e21eff7696540efcc0329cd29bc6ed8948bdd0f32a07
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. 928, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
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.