Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2009
- Committee actionNov 19, 2009
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 310.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 592.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009” on December 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 19, 2009 </p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41855
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 592, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3637c1b2ebae37adc61beabfc7c925e8529beb0b44ed82cdfc4b8485be2220c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009” on December 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 19, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41855
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 592, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3637c1b2ebae37adc61beabfc7c925e8529beb0b44ed82cdfc4b8485be2220c
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. 111-160 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on March 9, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/160
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 592, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3637c1b2ebae37adc61beabfc7c925e8529beb0b44ed82cdfc4b8485be2220c
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.6533, which became Public Law 111-371 on 1/4/2011.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 592, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3637c1b2ebae37adc61beabfc7c925e8529beb0b44ed82cdfc4b8485be2220c
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 592, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), John McCain (R-AZ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).
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.