House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-421
Highlands Conservation Act
Became law on Nov 30, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2003
- Committee actionOct 29, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 21, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 10, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 17, 2004
- To the PresidentNov 20, 2004
- Became lawNov 30, 2004
Latest action: Nov 30, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-421.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1964.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1964, Highlands Conservation Act” on November 6, 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 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14908
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1964, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddbc9855418fe5b63906328f2539ec3bb2c20f054cfde64ff9693e198b1dda62
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1964, Highlands Conservation Act” on November 6, 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 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14908
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1964, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddbc9855418fe5b63906328f2539ec3bb2c20f054cfde64ff9693e198b1dda62
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1964, Highlands Conservation Act” on September 16, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 15, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15978
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1964, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddbc9855418fe5b63906328f2539ec3bb2c20f054cfde64ff9693e198b1dda62
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1964, Highlands Conservation Act” on September 16, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 15, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15978
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1964, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddbc9855418fe5b63906328f2539ec3bb2c20f054cfde64ff9693e198b1dda62
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: S. Rept. 108-376 ↗; H. Rept. 108-373 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/376
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/373 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1964, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddbc9855418fe5b63906328f2539ec3bb2c20f054cfde64ff9693e198b1dda62
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1964, 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
31 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 31 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Barney Frank (D-MA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), John Sweeney (R-NY), John Tierney (D-MA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), James Walsh (R-NY) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.