House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2009
- Committee actionJul 28, 2010
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2010 — 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. 2853.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2853, All-American Flag Act” on August 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 28, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21764
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2853, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d787ed0dd8c5bfff96dea420baf369436eae8af6012f16ca0a2bff0999810491
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2853, All-American Flag Act” on August 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 28, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21764
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2853, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d787ed0dd8c5bfff96dea420baf369436eae8af6012f16ca0a2bff0999810491
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. 111-586 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 14, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/586
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2853, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d787ed0dd8c5bfff96dea420baf369436eae8af6012f16ca0a2bff0999810491
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. 2853, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bill Foster (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Thomas Perriello (D-VA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Braley.
- H.R. 946 (111th) Plain Writing Act of 2010
- H.Res. 1099 (111th) Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
- H.R. 3464 (111th) National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
- H.R. 2891 (111th) Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009
- H.R. 2852 (111th) Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009
- H.R. 1222 (111th) Guaranteed Benefits for Our Troops Act
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.