House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act

H.R. 4947Introduced Mar 14, 2006Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Where it went

IntroducedMar 14, 2006
Committee actionJun 21, 2006
Passed HouseJul 24, 2006 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 25, 2006 — 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. 4947.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4947, Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act” on July 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17980
CBO publication date
July 20, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4947, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4947
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4947, Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act” on July 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17980
CBO publication date
July 20, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4947, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4947
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b853e234ef4688704c91367553cd6c55c5a4648352e445c96e8cebc24eecb4b8
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. 109-587 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 20, 2006.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/587
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4947, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4947
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b853e234ef4688704c91367553cd6c55c5a4648352e445c96e8cebc24eecb4b8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4947, 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

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Spencer Bachus.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alabama in Congress · AL-6 district

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