House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To terminate further development and implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative.

H.R. 1842Introduced Jun 10, 1997Policy area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage R-ID

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 10, 1997
Committee actionNov 5, 1997
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2001-2004)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1842.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1842, A bill to terminate further development and implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative” on November 3, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 22, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 3, 1997 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10532
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November 3, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1842, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-781 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 6, 1998.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1842, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

52 cosponsors — 52 Republicans

0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), John Hostettler (R-IN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Jay Kim (R-CA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), David McIntosh (R-IN), Jack Metcalf (R-WA) and 22 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Idaho in Congress · ID-1 district

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