House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2008
- Committee actionMay 20, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 18, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 19, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5909.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5909, Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19855
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5909, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3fb46ca97abd6b6d2ba8aa438e309930077616f2025dbf188bc57ac8c5776a3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5909, Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2008” on June 3, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19855
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5909, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3fb46ca97abd6b6d2ba8aa438e309930077616f2025dbf188bc57ac8c5776a3b
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. 110-687 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 5, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/687
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5909, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3fb46ca97abd6b6d2ba8aa438e309930077616f2025dbf188bc57ac8c5776a3b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5909, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.