House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2010

H.R. 1741Introduced Mar 26, 2009Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 26, 2009
Committee actionMay 20, 2009
Passed HouseJun 9, 2009 · 412–11
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 22, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1741.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1741, Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009” on May 21, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 20, 2009</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20733
CBO publication date
May 21, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1741, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1741
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6d4b5a824197f584145276fa1b682e484ffd4641dd5cc275b180f87b178c587
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1741, Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009” on May 21, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 20, 2009”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20733
CBO publication date
May 21, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1741, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1741
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6d4b5a824197f584145276fa1b682e484ffd4641dd5cc275b180f87b178c587
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1741, Witness Security Protection Grant Program Act of 2010” on March 5, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 25, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21254
CBO publication date
March 5, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1741, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1741
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6d4b5a824197f584145276fa1b682e484ffd4641dd5cc275b180f87b178c587
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1741, Witness Security Protection Grant Program Act of 2010” on March 5, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 25, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2010 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21254
CBO publication date
March 5, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1741, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1741
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6d4b5a824197f584145276fa1b682e484ffd4641dd5cc275b180f87b178c587
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-138 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 22, 2010 ↗
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committeeReports
Report API records
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1741, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1741
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6d4b5a824197f584145276fa1b682e484ffd4641dd5cc275b180f87b178c587
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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

13 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats

1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.

Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Ted Poe (R-TX), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-7 district

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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.