House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2009
- Committee actionMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 31, 2009 · 407–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1259, Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20519
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1259, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
656bddab3fc209ef68d66c424fafcaa3be3728f76ceae38eb408fb0664c84aa6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1259, Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20519
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1259, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
656bddab3fc209ef68d66c424fafcaa3be3728f76ceae38eb408fb0664c84aa6
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: H. Rept. 111-49 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 24, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/49
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1259, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
656bddab3fc209ef68d66c424fafcaa3be3728f76ceae38eb408fb0664c84aa6
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 H.R. 1259, last updated April 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rick Larsen (D-WA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.