House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2008
- Committee actionMay 22, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6109.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6109, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of 2008” on June 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 22, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19852
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6109, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d29f304f6845c671ef66a340434685b9d98501d775a020639c1ba1dd3ba9416
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6109, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of 2008” on June 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 22, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19852
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6109, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d29f304f6845c671ef66a340434685b9d98501d775a020639c1ba1dd3ba9416
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. 110-725 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 19, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/725
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6109, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d29f304f6845c671ef66a340434685b9d98501d775a020639c1ba1dd3ba9416
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6109, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
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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.