House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Waxman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2007
- Committee actionFeb 14, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2007 · 331–94
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 6, 2007 — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 985.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 985, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 12, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18428
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0750514cfb7f41f0988d860fcecb8e663fd2b84ee631d83207534724bfdfbf5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 985, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 12, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18428
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0750514cfb7f41f0988d860fcecb8e663fd2b84ee631d83207534724bfdfbf5
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. 110-42,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 110-42,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 12, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/42
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/42 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0750514cfb7f41f0988d860fcecb8e663fd2b84ee631d83207534724bfdfbf5
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 985, last updated June 6, 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
29 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 25 Democrats
4 of 29 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Howard Berman (D-CA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Steve Israel (D-NY), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), John McHugh (R-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Todd Platts (R-PA), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Diane Watson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
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.