To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3489.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3489, A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit state election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds” on November 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on November 4, 2009</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41436

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3489, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75504ada171c59900bd300f05e82b46d2900209745a33607f4672251b3ceb633

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3489, A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit state election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds” on November 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on November 4, 2009”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41436

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3489, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75504ada171c59900bd300f05e82b46d2900209745a33607f4672251b3ceb633

• 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. 111-457 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on March 25, 2010.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 25, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/457

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3489, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75504ada171c59900bd300f05e82b46d2900209745a33607f4672251b3ceb633

  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.

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