House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2009
- Committee actionOct 28, 2009
- Passed HouseNov 3, 2009 · 382–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3949.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3949, Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009” on October 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 28, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41394
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3949, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3949, Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009” on October 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 28, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41394
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3949, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26b0422b07e85695913b01dac773c7b62dee14c96f1ff63bd0bcf10b7f61f7df
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. 111-324 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 2, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/324
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3949, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26b0422b07e85695913b01dac773c7b62dee14c96f1ff63bd0bcf10b7f61f7df
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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
22 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 16 Democrats
6 of 22 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
John Adler (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Barney Frank (D-MA), John Hall (D-NY), Deborah Halvorson (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Glenn Nye (D-VA), Thomas Perriello (D-VA), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), David Roe (R-TN), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Harry Teague (D-NM), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Filner.
- H.R. 1016 (111th) Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
- H.R. 3219 (111th) Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010
- H.R. 1377 (111th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency…
- H.R. 5014 (111th) To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.
- H.R. 23 (111th) Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009
- H.Res. 780 (111th) Recognizing the celebration of Filipino American History Month in October.
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.