Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Committee actionMay 20, 2009
- Passed SenateOct 7, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 942.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 942, Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009” on June 2, 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 May 20, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20740
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 942, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94e9cff11add4c526af81499541083f24d78612d81332a9132f226e87aaea221
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 942, Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009” on June 2, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 20, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20740
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 942, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94e9cff11add4c526af81499541083f24d78612d81332a9132f226e87aaea221
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. 111-76 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 21, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/76
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 942, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94e9cff11add4c526af81499541083f24d78612d81332a9132f226e87aaea221
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 942, last updated December 5, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 657 (111th) Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009
- S. 1304 (111th) Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009
- S. 1553 (111th) National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
- S. 3231 (111th) GREEN Jobs Act of 2010
- S. 301 (111th) Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009
- S. 702 (111th) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security 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.