House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Bishop D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2005
- Committee actionOct 26, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 7, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1721.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1721, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes” on November 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 26, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17455
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1721, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
669da9da43b3beb7cd10c82b3920d4941d9134993b55e59909bb49db13798f87
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1721, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes” on November 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 26, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17455
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1721, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
669da9da43b3beb7cd10c82b3920d4941d9134993b55e59909bb49db13798f87
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. 109-292 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/292
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1721, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
669da9da43b3beb7cd10c82b3920d4941d9134993b55e59909bb49db13798f87
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1721, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Steve Israel (D-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rob Simmons (R-CT).
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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.