House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-26
To reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Became law on Aug 17, 2001.
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Portman R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2001
- Committee actionJun 20, 2001
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 23, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 8, 2001
- Became lawAug 17, 2001
Latest action: Aug 17, 2001 — Became Public Law No: 107-26.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2131.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2131, A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes” on June 21, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 20, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13121
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b692bcf6fa42dea6cbc969029ba9a5dc7c7eb7b14a5251ea774c24def95331c9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2131, A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes” on June 21, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 20, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13121
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b692bcf6fa42dea6cbc969029ba9a5dc7c7eb7b14a5251ea774c24def95331c9
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. 107-119 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 28, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/119
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b692bcf6fa42dea6cbc969029ba9a5dc7c7eb7b14a5251ea774c24def95331c9
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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
34 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 34 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dave Camp (R-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), William Coyne (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Mark Green (R-WI), David Hobson (R-OH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Portman.
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- H.R. 1000 (107th) William Howard Taft National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001
- H.R. 4931 (107th) Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002
- H.Con.Res. 28 (107th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.Res. 249 (107th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
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.