House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2009
- Committee actionOct 21, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2009 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3258, Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009” on October 23, 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 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41368
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3258, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d962ca946322e7297fb67d8f37ae0bc998ee919916c3cdd69e033ffb8ff38c49
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3258, Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009” on October 23, 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 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41368
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3258, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d962ca946322e7297fb67d8f37ae0bc998ee919916c3cdd69e033ffb8ff38c49
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. 111-313 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 23, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/313
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3258, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d962ca946322e7297fb67d8f37ae0bc998ee919916c3cdd69e033ffb8ff38c49
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. 3258, 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.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
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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.