House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2009
- Committee actionMar 25, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 31, 2009 · by voice vote
- 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 the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 985.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 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/20551
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c27a0e7f7ef813f4ecfb01beb099f126296ad85e6121de7735b488281dec3e41
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009” on March 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 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/20551
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c27a0e7f7ef813f4ecfb01beb099f126296ad85e6121de7735b488281dec3e41
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. 111-61 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 30, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/61
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 985, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c27a0e7f7ef813f4ecfb01beb099f126296ad85e6121de7735b488281dec3e41
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 985, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
50 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 33 Democrats
17 of 50 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Kevin Brady (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Christopher Lee (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Connie Mack (R-FL), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Boucher.
- H.Res. 1182 (111th) Congratulating Radford University on the 100th anniversary of the university.
- H.R. 2994 (111th) Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009
- H.R. 2584 (111th) To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the patentability of tax planning methods.
- H.R. 1083 (111th) Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009
- H.R. 1689 (111th) Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act
- H.R. 4175 (111th) End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters 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.