Senate bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-38
A bill to provide additional personnel authorities for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Became law on Jun 30, 2009.
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2009
- Committee actionApr 1, 2009
- Passed SenateApr 30, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 15, 2009 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJun 24, 2009
- Became lawJun 30, 2009
Latest action: Jun 30, 2009 — Became Public Law No: 111-38.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 615.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 615, A bill to provide additional personnel authorities for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” on April 7, 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 April 1, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20557
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 615, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2766600b091dd8ddc5685bbf2fb3a377491d998499720c7c1d30e32f711f1e44
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 615, A bill to provide additional personnel authorities for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” on April 7, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 1, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20557
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 615, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2766600b091dd8ddc5685bbf2fb3a377491d998499720c7c1d30e32f711f1e44
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. 111-15 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 29, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/15
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 615, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2766600b091dd8ddc5685bbf2fb3a377491d998499720c7c1d30e32f711f1e44
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 615, last updated June 6, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Ensign (R-NV), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.