Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-414
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2007
- Committee actionJul 31, 2008
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2008 · 393–5
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2008
- Became lawOct 14, 2008
Latest action: Oct 14, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-414.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 906.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008” on September 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workds on July 31, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20237
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 906, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d539762f916a4ddf0295d0f3d86347717d9249a3c68c6ce78da33acf2e9f6f37
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008” on September 10, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workds on July 31, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20237
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 906, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d539762f916a4ddf0295d0f3d86347717d9249a3c68c6ce78da33acf2e9f6f37
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. 110-477 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on September 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/477
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 906, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d539762f916a4ddf0295d0f3d86347717d9249a3c68c6ce78da33acf2e9f6f37
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 906, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ken Salazar (D-CO).
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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.