House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program to be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan, to reauthorize appropriations to carry out the program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. H. Saxton R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 1999
- Committee actionApr 11, 2000
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1237, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program to be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan . . .” on April 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 11, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12230
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-596 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 2, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/596
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1237, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
36 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 25 Democrats
24 of 36 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Castle (R-DE), Jim Davis (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Porter Goss (R-FL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Rick Lazio (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), James Maloney (D-CT), James McGovern (D-MA), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), John Mica (R-FL), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-PR), Christopher Shays (R-CT) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 2454 (106th) Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation Act
- H.R. 2903 (106th) Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000
- H.R. 4442 (106th) National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act
- H.R. 1243 (106th) Sanctuaries and Reserves Act of 1999
- H.R. 1934 (106th) Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 1999
- H.R. 1431 (106th) Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 1999
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.