House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-13
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management.
Became law on Jun 3, 2001.
Sponsor: Rep. Joel Hefley R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2001
- Committee actionMar 28, 2001
- Passed HouseMay 9, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 24, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 1, 2001
- Became lawJun 3, 2001
Latest action: Jun 3, 2001 — Became Public Law No: 107-13.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 581.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on April 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 28, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13006
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on April 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 28, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13006
- CBO publication date
- April 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on May 25, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 23, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13079
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on May 25, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 23, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13079
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on May 29, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 24, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13078
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 581, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 . . .” on May 29, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 24, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13078
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
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. 107-35 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/35
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f4dbe8cfdd5ac834c42ee9dc3b616fe8b8d270592258be48bc23197608de14d
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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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
John Duncan (R-TN), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Mark Udall (D-CO), Tom Udall (D-NM).
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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.