House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs.

H.R. 6156Introduced Sep 16, 2010Policy area: Social Welfare

Sponsor: Rep. Jim McDermott D-WA

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 16, 2010
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseSep 23, 2010 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 24, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6156.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6156, A bill to renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in state child welfare programs, as amended” on September 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go table for the bill as transmitted to CBO on September 22, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21853
CBO publication date
September 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6156, 111th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/6156
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f58a6b03c562a7bf1936ec6e436c88331d5896d134d85c5ca0261876db606083
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6156, A bill to renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in state child welfare programs, as amended” on September 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go table for the bill as transmitted to CBO on September 22, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21853
CBO publication date
September 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6156, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/6156
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f58a6b03c562a7bf1936ec6e436c88331d5896d134d85c5ca0261876db606083
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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

1 cosponsor — 1 Republican

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

John Linder (R-GA).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott.

Sponsor’s state and district

Washington in Congress · WA-7 district

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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.