House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-258
Reducing Over-Classification Act
Became law on Oct 7, 2010.
Sponsor: Rep. Jane Harman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Committee actionNov 4, 2009
- Passed HouseFeb 3, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 27, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 28, 2010
- To the PresidentSep 30, 2010
- Became lawOct 7, 2010
Latest action: Oct 7, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-258.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 553.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 553, Reducing Over-Classification Act” on March 26, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 4, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21394
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 553, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1a8fe3cb483eea6d689ee8ffa4886849759ca3b8ac8e26294e576afd96bb97
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 553, Reducing Over-Classification Act” on March 26, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 4, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21394
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 553, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1a8fe3cb483eea6d689ee8ffa4886849759ca3b8ac8e26294e576afd96bb97
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: S. Rept. 111-200 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 27, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/200
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 553, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c1a8fe3cb483eea6d689ee8ffa4886849759ca3b8ac8e26294e576afd96bb97
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.