House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Forbes D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 1999
- Committee actionApr 11, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 855.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 855, Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act” on May 2, 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, May 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12247
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 855, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dd65364825676d83c539a031c0b6f385d372c28daf57a1c88b722121f3b52e2
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-595 ↗. 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/595
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 855, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dd65364825676d83c539a031c0b6f385d372c28daf57a1c88b722121f3b52e2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 855, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.