House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Silvestre Reyes D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2008
- Committee actionMay 21, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2008 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 888.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5959, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009” on May 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May 8, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19792
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7e4098d75d1e1879c09353411a8ab18311511a7bcc935e71b5dbf710aef8999
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5959, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009” on May 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May 8, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19792
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7e4098d75d1e1879c09353411a8ab18311511a7bcc935e71b5dbf710aef8999
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-665 ↗; H. Rept. 110-665,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on July 10, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/665
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/665 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5959, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7e4098d75d1e1879c09353411a8ab18311511a7bcc935e71b5dbf710aef8999
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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
No cosponsors.
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.