Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2008
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2007
- Committee actionApr 10, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 933.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 789.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 789, Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2008” on April 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19652
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 789, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a7393de042eb5256045c413af281471010c6e62a37c7923090ebe5d48d8f064
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 789, Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2008” on April 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19652
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 789, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a7393de042eb5256045c413af281471010c6e62a37c7923090ebe5d48d8f064
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. 110-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 1, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/437
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 789, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a7393de042eb5256045c413af281471010c6e62a37c7923090ebe5d48d8f064
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Thomas Carper (D-DE), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Kerry (D-MA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
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. 3038 (110th) Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008
- S. 352 (110th) Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008
- S. 221 (110th) Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2007
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.