House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-19
Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009
Became law on May 12, 2009.
Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Committee actionMar 25, 2009
- Passed HouseApr 22, 2009 · 422–0
- Passed SenateApr 24, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentApr 30, 2009
- Became lawMay 12, 2009
Latest action: May 12, 2009 — Became Public Law No: 111-19.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 586.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 586, Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on March 25, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20540
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c22d1f44865ba9596381c5242d0c3fd5bd4899cfb996aad21a236aa362008cff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 586, Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on March 25, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20540
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c22d1f44865ba9596381c5242d0c3fd5bd4899cfb996aad21a236aa362008cff
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 586, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Lewis (D-GA), Mike Quigley (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
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- H.Res. 1529 (111th) Commending Bob Sheppard for his long and respected career as the public-address announcer for the New York Yankees and the New York Giants.
- H.Res. 768 (111th) Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as "National Work and Family Month".
- H.Res. 1598 (111th) Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as National Work and Family Month.
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.