House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Berman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2008
- Committee actionMay 14, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 10, 2008 · 311–106
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6028.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6028, Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008” on May 21, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 14, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19800
- CBO publication date
- May 21, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6028, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
663cf75e79cafe9740a6ebba87fbc3cdcd5150834889ed349ad02140c319338d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6028, Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008” on May 21, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 14, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19800
- CBO publication date
- May 21, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6028, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
663cf75e79cafe9740a6ebba87fbc3cdcd5150834889ed349ad02140c319338d
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. 110-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 23, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/673
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6028, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
663cf75e79cafe9740a6ebba87fbc3cdcd5150834889ed349ad02140c319338d
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
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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.