House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep. Betty Sutton D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2010
- Committee actionJul 21, 2010
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2010 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 413.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4678.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4678, Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010” on December 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21977
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4678, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25a8b8df6fa27aed99111def40a19994298bb58d973e22f3361c66b7de728ce5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4678, Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010” on December 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21977
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4678, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25a8b8df6fa27aed99111def40a19994298bb58d973e22f3361c66b7de728ce5
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. 111-683 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 17, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/683
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4678, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25a8b8df6fa27aed99111def40a19994298bb58d973e22f3361c66b7de728ce5
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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
64 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 57 Democrats
7 of 64 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Bobby Bright (D-AL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), John Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Steve Driehaus (D-OH), John Duncan (R-TN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), John Hall (D-NY), Phil Hare (D-IL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) and 34 more.
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.