House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2003
- Committee actionOct 29, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2003 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 216.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1862.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1862, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14921
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1862, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1862, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14921
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1862, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1928c7d8d2b489cdaee953cc6d220e6ea19a8e9b4dfda6f1b04ccdfd7fe1d24b
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. 108-366 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 17, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/366
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1862, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1928c7d8d2b489cdaee953cc6d220e6ea19a8e9b4dfda6f1b04ccdfd7fe1d24b
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 1862 provisions were inserted as Title VII in H.R. 280, as passed the House on 11/18/2003. See H.R. 280 for further action.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1862, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1928c7d8d2b489cdaee953cc6d220e6ea19a8e9b4dfda6f1b04ccdfd7fe1d24b
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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
16 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), John Murtha (D-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Don Sherwood (R-PA), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
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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.