House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2009
- Committee actionMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 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. 756.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 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/20532
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 756, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ecdd0c850d33e786eb2c29a6c7a73bf0d1c008c0b80e219016b850ac4aefed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 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/20532
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 756, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ecdd0c850d33e786eb2c29a6c7a73bf0d1c008c0b80e219016b850ac4aefed8
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. 111-47 ↗. 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/47
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 756, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/756
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ecdd0c850d33e786eb2c29a6c7a73bf0d1c008c0b80e219016b850ac4aefed8
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 756, 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
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 13 Democrats
2 of 15 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Betty Sutton (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps.
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- H.R. 3644 (111th) Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act
- H.R. 1246 (111th) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009
- H.R. 5481 (111th) To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
- H.R. 948 (111th) Federal Firefighters Fairness 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.