House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2003
- Committee actionMay 5, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvements of Lands Act” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 5, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15659
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67fb681e188bedbc679e6384df58a0821105b35754b8ce6c8a67dbe84634711b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvements of Lands Act” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 5, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15659
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67fb681e188bedbc679e6384df58a0821105b35754b8ce6c8a67dbe84634711b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act” on June 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15764
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67fb681e188bedbc679e6384df58a0821105b35754b8ce6c8a67dbe84634711b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act” on June 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15764
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67fb681e188bedbc679e6384df58a0821105b35754b8ce6c8a67dbe84634711b
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. 108-511,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 108-511,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 30, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/511
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/511 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67fb681e188bedbc679e6384df58a0821105b35754b8ce6c8a67dbe84634711b
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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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Mark Green (R-WI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Scott McInnis (R-CO), C. L. Otter (R-ID), John Peterson (R-PA), Jon Porter (R-NV), George Radanovich (R-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Mark Udall (D-CO).
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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.