House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-321
To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Became law on Sep 19, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Berman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2008
- Committee actionSep 8, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 8, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 11, 2008
- Became lawSep 19, 2008
Latest action: Sep 19, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-321.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6456.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6456, An act to provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes” on October 1, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20341
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6456, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46d6932a34a06df7e76010e3a3f4f7e0bd63b0bf656d323a5de85348c99e4223
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6456, An act to provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes” on October 1, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20341
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6456, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46d6932a34a06df7e76010e3a3f4f7e0bd63b0bf656d323a5de85348c99e4223
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6456, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) 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.