House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants.
Sponsor: Rep. John McHugh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 20, 1999
- Committee actionSep 20, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3118.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3118, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that authorize states to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants” on September 27, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12689
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3118, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a51d457f502739cf0f8399f6a9279d2168bbd0ed67ff74247351c924a5045506
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-916 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 29, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/916
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3118, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a51d457f502739cf0f8399f6a9279d2168bbd0ed67ff74247351c924a5045506
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3118, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jay Dickey (R-AR), Mark Green (R-WI), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Richard Pombo (R-CA), Bart Stupak (D-MI), James Walsh (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John McHugh.
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- H.R. 22 (106th) Postal Modernization Act of 1999
- H.R. 2935 (106th) To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of Transportation to waive noise restrictions on certain aircraft operations.
- H.R. 3395 (106th) To establish certain procedures regarding the appointment and tenure of persons to the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control…
- H.R. 3654 (106th) For the relief of Andrija Laslo.
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.