House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2007
- Committee actionJul 30, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2008 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 998.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 998, Civil Rights History Project Act of 2008” on September 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20224
- CBO publication date
- September 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 998, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac70da5aacceb6adee6c81a6da89493c9ee25d93f2499879eb19dbee80a5aa37
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 998, Civil Rights History Project Act of 2008” on September 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20224
- CBO publication date
- September 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 998, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac70da5aacceb6adee6c81a6da89493c9ee25d93f2499879eb19dbee80a5aa37
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. 110-848 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on September 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/848
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 998, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac70da5aacceb6adee6c81a6da89493c9ee25d93f2499879eb19dbee80a5aa37
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 998, 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 — 7 Republicans, 76 Democrats
7 of 83 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and 53 more.
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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.