House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2009
- Committee actionJan 27, 2010
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3695.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3695, Help Find the Missing Act” on February 5, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 27, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 5, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21033
- CBO publication date
- February 5, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3695, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c815bd48ff96c2b47d92e8e8e35343c1ad4540e6b09f1b360d984d56f5a542da
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3695, Help Find the Missing Act” on February 5, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 27, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 5, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21033
- CBO publication date
- February 5, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3695, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c815bd48ff96c2b47d92e8e8e35343c1ad4540e6b09f1b360d984d56f5a542da
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. 111-416 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 23, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/416
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3695, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c815bd48ff96c2b47d92e8e8e35343c1ad4540e6b09f1b360d984d56f5a542da
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3695, 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
30 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 24 Democrats
6 of 30 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Christopher Lee (R-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Eric Massa (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Walter Minnick (D-ID), Scott Murphy (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ted Poe (R-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Murphy.
- H.Res. 743 (111th) Honoring the life of Frank McCourt for his many contributions to American literature, education, and culture.
- H.R. 4451 (111th) Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act
- H.R. 1675 (111th) Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009
- H.R. 5637 (111th) American Jobs Matter Act of 2010
- H.Res. 1290 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
- H.R. 3838 (111th) Promoting Alternatives to Truancy and Incarceration by Encouraging New and Comprehensive Efforts (PATIENCE) 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.