House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-274

Plain Writing Act of 2010

H.R. 946Introduced Feb 10, 2009Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Oct 13, 2010.

Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Braley D-IA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 10, 2009
Committee actionMar 4, 2010
Passed HouseMar 17, 2010 · 386–33
Passed SenateSep 27, 2010 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesSep 29, 2010
To the PresidentOct 1, 2010
Became lawOct 13, 2010

Latest action: Oct 13, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-274.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 946.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 946, Plain Language Act of 2009” on March 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 4, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21272
CBO publication date
March 9, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 946, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e970121f7c14f20e302475b9dd45c8b696acb02f1f17101015059761d0bd8e79
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 946, Plain Language Act of 2009” on March 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 4, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21272
CBO publication date
March 9, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 946, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e970121f7c14f20e302475b9dd45c8b696acb02f1f17101015059761d0bd8e79
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 946, the Plain Writing Act of 2010” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 12, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21320
CBO publication date
March 15, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 946, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e970121f7c14f20e302475b9dd45c8b696acb02f1f17101015059761d0bd8e79
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 946, the Plain Writing Act of 2010” on March 15, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as as provided by the House Committee on the Budget on March 12, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21320
CBO publication date
March 15, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 946, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e970121f7c14f20e302475b9dd45c8b696acb02f1f17101015059761d0bd8e79
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-432 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 11, 2010.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2010 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/432
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 946, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e970121f7c14f20e302475b9dd45c8b696acb02f1f17101015059761d0bd8e79
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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

10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats

2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), David Loebsack (D-IA), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Melvin Watt (D-NC), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Iowa in Congress · IA-1 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.