House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Mercury Pollution Reduction Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Committee actionOct 21, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2009 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2190.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2190, Mercury Pollution Reduction Act” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 21, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41386
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2190, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8cdda651efe0cc15df36599b4b44b0c29e10135c12c7a4001a6c4036c2de4203
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2190, Mercury Pollution Reduction Act” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 21, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41386
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2190, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8cdda651efe0cc15df36599b4b44b0c29e10135c12c7a4001a6c4036c2de4203
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. 111-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 17, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/381
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2190, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8cdda651efe0cc15df36599b4b44b0c29e10135c12c7a4001a6c4036c2de4203
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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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), John Hall (D-NY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and 21 more.
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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.