House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-223
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2009
- Committee actionJun 10, 2009
- Passed HouseJun 15, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 19, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 27, 2010
- To the PresidentJul 29, 2010
- Became lawAug 10, 2010
Latest action: Aug 10, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-223.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2765.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2765, A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services” on June 12, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20798
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
133b8b469364208274c2ac034e771917a34842730dbe2476fe28d9f6785a1e1e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2765, A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services” on June 12, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20798
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
133b8b469364208274c2ac034e771917a34842730dbe2476fe28d9f6785a1e1e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2765, Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage” on July 19, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 13, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21640
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
133b8b469364208274c2ac034e771917a34842730dbe2476fe28d9f6785a1e1e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2765, Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage” on July 19, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 13, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21640
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
133b8b469364208274c2ac034e771917a34842730dbe2476fe28d9f6785a1e1e
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 111-224 ↗; H. Rept. 111-154 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/224
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/154 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
133b8b469364208274c2ac034e771917a34842730dbe2476fe28d9f6785a1e1e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2765, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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.