House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

Omnibus National Heritage Area Act of 2002

H.R. 695Introduced Feb 14, 2001Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. John Peterson R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
Committee actionJun 27, 2001
Passed HouseSep 10, 2001 · 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. 695.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 695, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act” on July 3, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 26, 2001</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13145
CBO publication date
July 3, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 695, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/695
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a7045037f6d914b05472422c1d5ff37bf2b307b1e614ee213278224f8500118e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 695, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act” on July 3, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 26, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13145
CBO publication date
July 3, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 695, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/695
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a7045037f6d914b05472422c1d5ff37bf2b307b1e614ee213278224f8500118e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 695, Omnibus National Heritage Area Act of 2002” on September 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 31, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13972
CBO publication date
September 9, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 695, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/695
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a7045037f6d914b05472422c1d5ff37bf2b307b1e614ee213278224f8500118e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 695, Omnibus National Heritage Area Act of 2002” on September 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 31, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13972
CBO publication date
September 9, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 695, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/695
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a7045037f6d914b05472422c1d5ff37bf2b307b1e614ee213278224f8500118e
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-123 ↗; S. Rept. 107-286 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/123
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/286
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 695, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/695
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a7045037f6d914b05472422c1d5ff37bf2b307b1e614ee213278224f8500118e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 695, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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

15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats

8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Robert Brady (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), George Gekas (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Frank Mascara (D-PA), George Miller (D-CA), John Murtha (D-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Don Sherwood (R-PA), Curt Weldon (R-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Peterson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-5 district

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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.