House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Secure Federal File Sharing Act

H.R. 4098Introduced Nov 17, 2009Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedNov 17, 2009
Committee actionMar 4, 2010
Passed HouseMar 24, 2010 · 408–13
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 25, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4098.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4098, Secure Federal File Sharing Act” on March 10, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 4, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21312
CBO publication date
March 10, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4098, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4098
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. 4098, Secure Federal File Sharing Act” on March 10, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 4, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21312
CBO publication date
March 10, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4098, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4098
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c9fff17832b350670a111ebd3caef768cd5daf426ddc63bc4efaf52c0692561
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4098, Secure Federal File Sharing Act” on March 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 22, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21385
CBO publication date
March 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4098, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4098
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c9fff17832b350670a111ebd3caef768cd5daf426ddc63bc4efaf52c0692561
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4098, Secure Federal File Sharing Act” on March 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 22, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21385
CBO publication date
March 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4098, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4098
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c9fff17832b350670a111ebd3caef768cd5daf426ddc63bc4efaf52c0692561
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. 111-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 11, 2010.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/431
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4098, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4098
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c9fff17832b350670a111ebd3caef768cd5daf426ddc63bc4efaf52c0692561
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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

11 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 10 Democrats

1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.

John Barrow (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Judy Chu (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Diane Watson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-10 district

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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.