House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 28, 2010
- Committee actionSep 23, 2010
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5462.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5462, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010” on September 27, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21865
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5462, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5462
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97ce86b84b31c7f243a8b5f7f64a93ca0bf7f8f5d64f3218b087d542a2979b0e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5462, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010” on September 27, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21865
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5462, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5462
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97ce86b84b31c7f243a8b5f7f64a93ca0bf7f8f5d64f3218b087d542a2979b0e
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. 111-642 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 28, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/642
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5462, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5462
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97ce86b84b31c7f243a8b5f7f64a93ca0bf7f8f5d64f3218b087d542a2979b0e
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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
49 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 39 Democrats
10 of 49 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Jane Harman (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
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- H.R. 2997 (111th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
- H.R. 12 (111th) Paycheck Fairness Act
- H.Res. 787 (111th) Expressing support for designation of October 13, 2009, as National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
- H.Res. 1240 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Global Youth Service Day.
- H.Res. 353 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Global Youth Service Days.
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.