House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2006
- Committee actionJun 21, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 29, 2006 · 232–187
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 5, 2006 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4761.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17898
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17898
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Private-sector mandates statement for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17917
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Private-sector mandates statement for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17917
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as modified by Pombo amendment #224, dated June 28, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17916
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006” on June 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as modified by Pombo amendment #224, dated June 28, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17916
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
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. 109-531 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/531
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb01c1018452502155c9737875cedb7339b3594c3cc03b055a3e29e1a9afce8
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4761, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
114 cosponsors — 99 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 114 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX) and 84 more.
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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.