Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-175
OPEN Government Act of 2007
Became law on Dec 31, 2007.
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2007
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2007 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2007
- Became lawDec 31, 2007
Latest action: Dec 31, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-175.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2488.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2488, OPEN Government Act of 2007” on January 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2007, and signed by the President on December 31, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19455
- CBO publication date
- January 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2488, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bc82d6bf3738dd40cb00a411e158c4de107837835026d0bedf76793d8e8a07f8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2488, OPEN Government Act of 2007” on January 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2007, and signed by the President on December 31, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19455
- CBO publication date
- January 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2488, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bc82d6bf3738dd40cb00a411e158c4de107837835026d0bedf76793d8e8a07f8
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2488, last updated December 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
17 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 17 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Kerry (D-MA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barack Obama (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
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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.