House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the national tree of the United States.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2003
- Committee actionSep 8, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2004 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1750-1751)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1775.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1775, A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the national tree of the United States” on September 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15964
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81cf0d20dc4ac918f2189cdcad1ce96fd0660f6fd57d1fc6b74b024d9c86b8c7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1775, A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the national tree of the United States” on September 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15964
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81cf0d20dc4ac918f2189cdcad1ce96fd0660f6fd57d1fc6b74b024d9c86b8c7
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. 108-689 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 17, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/689
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81cf0d20dc4ac918f2189cdcad1ce96fd0660f6fd57d1fc6b74b024d9c86b8c7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1775, 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
16 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), John Hostettler (R-IN), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Steve King (R-IA), James Moran (D-VA), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Collin Peterson (D-MN), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Lee Terry (R-NE).
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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.