Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-340
Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008
Became law on Oct 3, 2008.
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2007
- Committee actionNov 8, 2007
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 8, 2008 · 371–0
- Resolving differencesSep 15, 2008
- To the PresidentSep 25, 2008
- Became lawOct 3, 2008
Latest action: Oct 3, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-340.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2135.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2135, Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2007” on November 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 8, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19354
- CBO publication date
- November 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2135, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffeeefa72bf78639b6c94be5daab9172333a0b04d56b6276d37784188b81073e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2135, Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2007” on November 27, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 8, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19354
- CBO publication date
- November 27, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2135, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffeeefa72bf78639b6c94be5daab9172333a0b04d56b6276d37784188b81073e
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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2135, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Sam Brownback (R-KS), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Russell Feingold (D-WI), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barack Obama (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
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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.