House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2009
- Committee actionMar 10, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 17, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1387.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 13, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20508
- CBO publication date
- March 13, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 13, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20508
- CBO publication date
- March 13, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committe on the Budget on March 13, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21317
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 13, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21382
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committe on the Budget on March 13, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21317
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1387, Electronic Message Preservation Act” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 13, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21382
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
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. 111-406 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 27, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/406
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1387, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1387
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a196a9e24db1a2defb8250c967bbbee4793bb946d5ffa0c2f2be684345f0b41b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1387, last updated April 7, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.