House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Perlmutter D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2007
- Committee actionJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3815.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008” on July 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20052
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3815, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef6307dc570b6d22d399b30d3331c39995a0c884671d1953c67dc5bb26e14e9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008” on July 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20052
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3815, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef6307dc570b6d22d399b30d3331c39995a0c884671d1953c67dc5bb26e14e9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 25, 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 September 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20301
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3815, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef6307dc570b6d22d399b30d3331c39995a0c884671d1953c67dc5bb26e14e9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3815, Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2008” on September 25, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20301
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3815, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef6307dc570b6d22d399b30d3331c39995a0c884671d1953c67dc5bb26e14e9
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. 110-763 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/763
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3815, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef6307dc570b6d22d399b30d3331c39995a0c884671d1953c67dc5bb26e14e9
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
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 10 Democrats
3 of 13 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Jane Harman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
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.