House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Forest Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act

H.R. 1523Introduced Apr 22, 1999Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage R-ID

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 22, 1999
Committee actionMay 5, 1999
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 3, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1523.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1523, Forest Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act” on May 26, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 5, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11560
CBO publication date
May 26, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1523, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1523
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-604 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 3, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 3, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1523, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1523
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

37 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 37 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), John Doolittle (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mark Green (R-WI), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), John Peterson (R-PA), Richard Pombo (R-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Bob Riley (R-AL), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Robert Schaffer (R-CO), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Joseph Skeen (R-NM) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage.

Sponsor’s state and district

Idaho in Congress · ID-1 district

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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.