House resolution · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Congratulating the United States Geological Survey on its 125th Anniversary.
Sponsor: Rep. James Moran D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2004
- Committee actionSep 15, 2004
- Passed House—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2004 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 240.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 556.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-745 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 6, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/745
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 556, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hres/556
- 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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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
42 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 25 Democrats
17 of 42 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), John Culberson (R-TX), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), James Greenwood (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) and 12 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.