Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Committee actionMar 23, 2009
- Passed SenateJun 8, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 19, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 256.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 256, Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20533
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 256, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c75efcf19699ec2606cdd0832d979644838218eced6214e315c85af0767a5af9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 256, Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20533
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 256, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c75efcf19699ec2606cdd0832d979644838218eced6214e315c85af0767a5af9
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 noteFor further action, see H.R.2923, which became Public Law 111-268 on 10/12/2010.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 256, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c75efcf19699ec2606cdd0832d979644838218eced6214e315c85af0767a5af9
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 13 Democrats
6 of 19 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Ensign (R-NV), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Patty Murray (D-WA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
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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.