House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionMay 6, 2009
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 23.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009” on May 7, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 6, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20607
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc2bc05b29f37897c3198d6810836e730153e4b02f7d070291eb0b366eb14563
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009” on May 7, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 6, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20607
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc2bc05b29f37897c3198d6810836e730153e4b02f7d070291eb0b366eb14563
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. 111-99 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 7, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/99
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc2bc05b29f37897c3198d6810836e730153e4b02f7d070291eb0b366eb14563
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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
168 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 127 Democrats
41 of 168 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), John Adler (D-NJ), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boccieri (D-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI) and 138 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Filner.
- H.R. 1016 (111th) Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
- H.R. 3219 (111th) Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010
- H.R. 1377 (111th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency…
- H.R. 5014 (111th) To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.
- H.Res. 780 (111th) Recognizing the celebration of Filipino American History Month in October.
- H.Res. 725 (111th) Congratulating the Chula Vista Park View Little League team of Chula Vista, California, for winning the 2009 Little League World Series…
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.