Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-376

United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008

S. 2606Introduced Feb 7, 2008Policy area: Emergency Management

Became law on Oct 8, 2008.

Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Dodd D-CT

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 7, 2008
Committee actionApr 10, 2008
Passed SenateSep 18, 2008 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseSep 24, 2008 · 418–2
To the PresidentSep 29, 2008
Became lawOct 8, 2008

Latest action: Oct 8, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-376.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2606.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2606, United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19648
CBO publication date
April 15, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2606, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2606, United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2008”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19648
CBO publication date
April 15, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2606, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e1fb775a20b474cd91432bbc350292d9ff30e83c9f69fa614f26d7d387270fbe
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-411 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 10, 2008.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/411
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2606, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 2 independents

4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Joseph Biden (D-DE), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Arlen Specter (D-PA).

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