House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2009
- Committee actionMay 20, 2009
- Passed HouseJun 16, 2009 · 414–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 17, 2009 — 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. 2247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2247, Congressional Review Act Improvement Act” on May 26, 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 26, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20728
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e38864bde3e01dda8f413c06011444099a6c1ec4b6290efe5355ace3f1644aa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2247, Congressional Review Act Improvement Act” on May 26, 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 26, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20728
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e38864bde3e01dda8f413c06011444099a6c1ec4b6290efe5355ace3f1644aa
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. 111-150 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 12, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/150
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e38864bde3e01dda8f413c06011444099a6c1ec4b6290efe5355ace3f1644aa
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2247, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.