House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Jane Harman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2008
- Committee actionJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 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. 6193.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6193, Improving Public Access to Documents 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/20056
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6193, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9fbdb385d9dddb2e82705b6693c95a3a79685132f68055d59cb62c30cead86d2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6193, Improving Public Access to Documents 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/20056
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6193, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9fbdb385d9dddb2e82705b6693c95a3a79685132f68055d59cb62c30cead86d2
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. 110-779 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 28, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/779
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6193, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9fbdb385d9dddb2e82705b6693c95a3a79685132f68055d59cb62c30cead86d2
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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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Christopher Carney (D-PA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), James Langevin (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Reichert (R-WA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jane Harman.
- H.R. 1955 (110th) Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
- H.R. 4806 (110th) Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008
- H.Con.Res. 397 (110th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding sexual assaults and rape in the military.
- H.R. 2212 (110th) To require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2751 (110th) Leveraging Innovative Gains in High-efficiency Technology (LIGHT) Bulbs Act of 2007
- H.R. 1708 (110th) To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand passenger facility fee eligibility for noise compatibility projects.
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.