Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-298
Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008
Became law on Jul 31, 2008.
Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Biden D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2008
- Committee actionMay 15, 2008
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2008 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 25, 2008
- Became lawJul 31, 2008
Latest action: Jul 31, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-298.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2565.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2565, Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008” on June 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 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/19853
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2565, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92b6df5f4008f7ba40116e2a68ae9856d072adb303fca1df9a50cb990cab6426
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2565, Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008” on June 5, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 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/19853
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2565, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92b6df5f4008f7ba40116e2a68ae9856d072adb303fca1df9a50cb990cab6426
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. 2565, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), John Sununu (R-NH).
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.