Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2009
- Committee actionSep 21, 2010
- Passed SenateDec 1, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2010 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 241 - 166 (Roll no. 645).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 987.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 987, International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010” on October 7, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 21, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21900
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 987, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b384df28f32a717dd18e35dfbebe890be76acc6535ba7e0b9be9528e398227c1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 987, International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010” on October 7, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 21, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21900
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 987, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b384df28f32a717dd18e35dfbebe890be76acc6535ba7e0b9be9528e398227c1
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. 111-344 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on October 26, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 26, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/344
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 987, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b384df28f32a717dd18e35dfbebe890be76acc6535ba7e0b9be9528e398227c1
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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
42 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 2 independents
11 of 42 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Scott Brown (R-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC), Roland Burris (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and 12 more.
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.