Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 22, 2010 · without objection
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2010 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 372.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009” on September 8, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41250
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 372, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
213efff8fa265e071676c35790a448c8b46c705c43704bf9bbb09c30905c8994
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009” on September 8, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41250
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 372, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
213efff8fa265e071676c35790a448c8b46c705c43704bf9bbb09c30905c8994
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: S. Rept. 111-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 3, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 3, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/101
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 372, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/372
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
213efff8fa265e071676c35790a448c8b46c705c43704bf9bbb09c30905c8994
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 372, last updated April 7, 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
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 13 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Roland Burris (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jon Tester (D-MT), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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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.