House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to such appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Clyburn D-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2001
- Committee actionMay 22, 2002
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2002 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1606.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1606, A bill to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching . . .” on June 19, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 22, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13766
- CBO publication date
- June 19, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1aac68ce56c2cfbc87de888618d82cdf528ce1a7e1414152b4e08ed99d89a548
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1606, A bill to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching . . .” on June 19, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 22, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13766
- CBO publication date
- June 19, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1aac68ce56c2cfbc87de888618d82cdf528ce1a7e1414152b4e08ed99d89a548
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-519 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 20, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/519
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1aac68ce56c2cfbc87de888618d82cdf528ce1a7e1414152b4e08ed99d89a548
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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
42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 12 more.
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.