Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2008
- Committee actionMay 15, 2008
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2008 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2913.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2913, Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008” on June 26, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19997
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2913, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2913
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b64671dffbf121c721ebe47abf78b09c781b09a510a8ded45e49e9324875c840
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2913, Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008” on June 26, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19997
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2913, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2913
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b64671dffbf121c721ebe47abf78b09c781b09a510a8ded45e49e9324875c840
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. 2913, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 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.