House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-231
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and for other purposes.
Became law on May 28, 2004.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
- Committee actionJun 19, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 14, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 19, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 21, 2004
- Became lawMay 28, 2004
Latest action: May 28, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 856.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 856, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and for other purposes” on February 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committe on Energy and Natural Resources on February 11, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15313
- CBO publication date
- February 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77bb64484715aa4696502df6801f757a2bdd7076b4eaceae59a99dff66cf6b87
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 856, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and for other purposes” on February 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committe on Energy and Natural Resources on February 11, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15313
- CBO publication date
- February 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77bb64484715aa4696502df6801f757a2bdd7076b4eaceae59a99dff66cf6b87
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: S. Rept. 108-243 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 9, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/243
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77bb64484715aa4696502df6801f757a2bdd7076b4eaceae59a99dff66cf6b87
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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