Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2007
- Committee actionApr 12, 2007
- Passed SenateAug 3, 2007 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2007 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 849.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 849, OPEN Government Act of 2007” on April 23, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18580
- CBO publication date
- April 23, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 849, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d549feadc7cf49e150f097c73ab906ca43b569687471ea3de3c5f8a3948b0ab2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 849, OPEN Government Act of 2007” on April 23, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18580
- CBO publication date
- April 23, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 849, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d549feadc7cf49e150f097c73ab906ca43b569687471ea3de3c5f8a3948b0ab2
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-59 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 30, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 30, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/59
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 849, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d549feadc7cf49e150f097c73ab906ca43b569687471ea3de3c5f8a3948b0ab2
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2488, which became Public Law 110-175 on 12/31/2007.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 849, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d549feadc7cf49e150f097c73ab906ca43b569687471ea3de3c5f8a3948b0ab2
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 849, 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
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barack Obama (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
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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.