House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionApr 1, 2009
- Passed HouseJan 7, 2009 · 359–58
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2009 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 35.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 35, Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009” on April 21, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 1, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20581
- CBO publication date
- April 21, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 35, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/35
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
216392a0935fc7385be7896668a0e2672242682dffc6ff24476ee57dd282dcf3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 35, Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009” on April 21, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 1, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20581
- CBO publication date
- April 21, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 35, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/35
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
216392a0935fc7385be7896668a0e2672242682dffc6ff24476ee57dd282dcf3
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: S. Rept. 111-21 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 19, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/21
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 35, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/35
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
216392a0935fc7385be7896668a0e2672242682dffc6ff24476ee57dd282dcf3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 35, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Dan Burton (R-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.
- H.Res. 1014 (111th) Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of North American Inclusion Month.
- H.R. 4098 (111th) Secure Federal File Sharing Act
- H.R. 2182 (111th) Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act
- H.R. 2646 (111th) Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2010
- H.Con.Res. 227 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Urban Crimes Awareness Week.
- H.R. 36 (111th) Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009
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.