House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Estuary Restoration Act of 2000

H.R. 1775Introduced May 12, 1999Policy area: Water Resources Development

Where it went

IntroducedMay 12, 1999
Committee actionMar 16, 2000
Passed HouseSep 12, 2000 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 13, 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. 1775.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1775, Estuary Restoration Act of 2000” on March 27, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 16, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2000 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12158
CBO publication date
March 27, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1775, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1775
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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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1775, Estuary Restoration Act of 2000” on June 2, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 24, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12320
CBO publication date
June 2, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1775, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1775
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-561,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-561,Part 2 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2000 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/561
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1775, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1775
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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1775, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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

122 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 68 Democrats, 1 independent

68 of 122 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), H. Callahan (R-AL), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Castle (R-DE), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jim Davis (D-FL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD) and 92 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and 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.