House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act
Sponsor: Rep. Xavier Becerra D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionOct 21, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2010 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 396.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 42.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 42, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on October 21, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41388
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 42, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/42
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19ec10590fb112b7a1d04f2e52f333faa9117026c43c7df3988ab7df64867c34
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 42, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on October 21, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41388
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 42, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/42
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19ec10590fb112b7a1d04f2e52f333faa9117026c43c7df3988ab7df64867c34
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. 111-666 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 30, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/666
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 42, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/42
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19ec10590fb112b7a1d04f2e52f333faa9117026c43c7df3988ab7df64867c34
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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
16 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Pete Stark (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.