House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Committee actionMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 31, 2009 · 404–17
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2009 — 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. 577.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committe on Energy and Commerece on March 4, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20531
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 577, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e2bf9e9122812ce9a8209cca9e5c14743ed7ec8066ee3830acb2c445ce20403
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committe on Energy and Commerece on March 4, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20531
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 577, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e2bf9e9122812ce9a8209cca9e5c14743ed7ec8066ee3830acb2c445ce20403
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. 111-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/46
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 577, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e2bf9e9122812ce9a8209cca9e5c14743ed7ec8066ee3830acb2c445ce20403
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 577, last updated December 5, 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
58 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 47 Democrats
11 of 58 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Sam Graves (R-MO), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Tom Latham (R-IA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gene Green.
- H.Res. 1226 (111th) Commending EyeCare America for its work over the last 25 years.
- H.Res. 35 (111th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should provide increased Federal funding for continued type 1 diabetes…
- H.Res. 631 (111th) Congratulating Continental Airlines on its 75th Anniversary.
- H.Res. 791 (111th) Congratulating the Aldine Independent School District in Harris County, Texas, on winning the 2009 "Broad Prize for Urban Education".
- H.Con.Res. 49 (111th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 1708 (111th) Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period 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.