House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 2, 2005
- Committee actionMar 29, 2006
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2006 · 243–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2006 — Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-826.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4200.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act” on April 25, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 29, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17746
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4200, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4200
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
655702900e2eb42b300e5d36eb13800c1fe3fcc2f20b4291d4107dfc73bd5ebb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act” on April 25, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 29, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17746
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4200, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4200
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
655702900e2eb42b300e5d36eb13800c1fe3fcc2f20b4291d4107dfc73bd5ebb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act” on May 8, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on April 5, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17768
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4200, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4200
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
655702900e2eb42b300e5d36eb13800c1fe3fcc2f20b4291d4107dfc73bd5ebb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act” on May 8, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on April 5, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17768
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4200, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4200
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
655702900e2eb42b300e5d36eb13800c1fe3fcc2f20b4291d4107dfc73bd5ebb
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. 109-451 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 4, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/451
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4200, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4200
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
655702900e2eb42b300e5d36eb13800c1fe3fcc2f20b4291d4107dfc73bd5ebb
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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
147 cosponsors — 132 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 147 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Brian Baird (D-WA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Marion Berry (D-AR), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX) and 117 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden.
- H.R. 4195 (109th) Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005
- H.R. 5025 (109th) Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act
- H.R. 5079 (109th) Oregon Water Resources Management Act of 2006
- H.R. 517 (109th) Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005
- H.R. 2875 (109th) Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005
- H.R. 3818 (109th) Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005
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.