House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-471
Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2006
Became law on Jan 11, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep. John Doolittle R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2005
- Committee actionJul 19, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 9, 2006
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2007
- Became lawJan 11, 2007
Latest action: Jan 11, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 109-471.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4588.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4588, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2006” on July 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 19, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18004
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4588, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef834eb62afa4a7ed7ee86fc80c7557dbe14a085f5a32ec6d84a40aee84f45f1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4588, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2006” on July 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 19, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18004
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4588, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef834eb62afa4a7ed7ee86fc80c7557dbe14a085f5a32ec6d84a40aee84f45f1
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. 109-630 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 6, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/630
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4588, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef834eb62afa4a7ed7ee86fc80c7557dbe14a085f5a32ec6d84a40aee84f45f1
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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
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.