House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the authority for the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2008 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6855.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3296, which became Public Law 110-402 on 10/13/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6855, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 15, 2019
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 15, 2019). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1481 (110th) Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Christian Science Monitor newspaper.
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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.