Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2008
- Committee actionSep 10, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 972.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3038.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3038, Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008” on September 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20246
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3038, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/3038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6953a72d88a9b7fb7bb766a3dfe65389a505055686004dc90c69b19595aa8e0a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3038, Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008” on September 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20246
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3038, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/3038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6953a72d88a9b7fb7bb766a3dfe65389a505055686004dc90c69b19595aa8e0a
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: S. Rept. 110-467 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on September 16, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/467
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3038, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/3038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6953a72d88a9b7fb7bb766a3dfe65389a505055686004dc90c69b19595aa8e0a
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.
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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
18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 18 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Evan Bayh (D-IN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Patty Murray (D-WA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), John Sununu (R-NH), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 655 (110th) American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007
- S.Res. 405 (110th) A resolution recognizing the life and contributions of Henry John Hyde.
- S.Res. 145 (110th) A resolution congratulating Zach Johnson on his victory in the 2007 Masters golf tournament.
- S. 352 (110th) Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008
- S. 221 (110th) Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2007
- S. 789 (110th) Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention 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.