House concurrent resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2006
- Committee actionSep 21, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2006 — House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 424.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-710 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 30, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/710
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 424, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 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
93 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 47 Democrats, 1 independent
48 of 93 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Marion Berry (D-AR), John Boozman (R-AR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), John Doolittle (R-CA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Terry Everett (R-AL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Luis Fortuno (R-PR) and 63 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 3408 (109th) To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.
- H.R. 744 (109th) Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005
- H.R. 4846 (109th) To authorize grants for contributions toward the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.
- H.R. 4473 (109th) CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2005
- H.R. 4777 (109th) Internet Gambling Prohibition Act
- H.R. 1956 (109th) Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.