House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Regula R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2004
- Committee actionJul 14, 2004
- Passed HouseJul 19, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2004 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4492.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4492, A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas” on July 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 14, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15842
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4492, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87598757a1ed6e44a86810e9b6bd68bae6ed9590444c8928639b403c2195d3af
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4492, A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas” on July 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 14, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15842
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4492, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87598757a1ed6e44a86810e9b6bd68bae6ed9590444c8928639b403c2195d3af
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. 108-611 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 19, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/611
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4492, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87598757a1ed6e44a86810e9b6bd68bae6ed9590444c8928639b403c2195d3af
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4492, 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
28 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 28 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
J. Barrett (R-SC), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Max Burns (R-GA), James Clyburn (D-SC), James DeMint (R-SC), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Jim Leach (R-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), John Murtha (D-PA), Bob Ney (R-OH), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Tim Ryan (D-OH), John Spratt (D-SC), John Sweeney (R-NY), John Tierney (D-MA), Zach Wamp (R-TN), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Regula.
- H.R. 3175 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Cleveland Avenue, NW in Canton, Ohio, as the "Richard D.…
- H.R. 2195 (108th) Smithsonian Facilities Authorization Act
- H.R. 2660 (108th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
- H.R. 5006 (108th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
- H.Res. 122 (108th) Recognizing the bicentennial of the admission of Ohio into the Union and the contributions of Ohio residents to the economic, social, and…
- H.R. 3283 (108th) Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
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.