House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2010
- Committee actionJul 27, 2010
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2010 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5138.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5138, International Megan's Law of 2010” on July 21, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 28, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21651
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5138, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1237a8fcec6b13490c3d15a82853b519ed8fcb3020e99146dbe7973ed0097d78
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5138, International Megan's Law of 2010” on July 21, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 28, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21651
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5138, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1237a8fcec6b13490c3d15a82853b519ed8fcb3020e99146dbe7973ed0097d78
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. 111-568 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 27, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/568
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5138, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1237a8fcec6b13490c3d15a82853b519ed8fcb3020e99146dbe7973ed0097d78
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5138, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
24 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 24 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Kay Granger (R-TX), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Fred Upton (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.Res. 125 (111th) Calling on Brazil in accordance with its obligations under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction…
- H.Res. 1412 (111th) Congratulating the Government of South Africa upon its first two successful convictions for human trafficking.
- H.Res. 1717 (111th) Congratulating imprisoned Chinese democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo on the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
- H.R. 1511 (111th) Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2009
- H.R. 5939 (111th) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
- H.R. 2737 (111th) Child Protection Compact 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.