House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2009
- Committee actionNov 17, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2010 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 319.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3837.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3837, SURE Act” on November 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41430
- CBO publication date
- November 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3837, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1777404fc81f285471b7c2cb18f160092f792e08128fa0f0bc76670e039a01fe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3837, SURE Act” on November 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41430
- CBO publication date
- November 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3837, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1777404fc81f285471b7c2cb18f160092f792e08128fa0f0bc76670e039a01fe
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. 111-558 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 22, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/558
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3837, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1777404fc81f285471b7c2cb18f160092f792e08128fa0f0bc76670e039a01fe
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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
26 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 25 Democrats
1 of 26 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Steve Driehaus (D-OH), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Tim Holden (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), James Langevin (D-RI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1047 (111th) Commending The Ohio State University Buckeyes football team for its victory in the 2010 Rose Bowl.
- H.R. 5751 (111th) Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement Act
- H.Con.Res. 76 (111th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding executive and employee bonuses paid by AIG and other companies assisted with taxpayer funds…
- H.R. 4099 (111th) Energy Efficiency Modernization 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.