House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-322
North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006
Became law on Oct 11, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Pombo R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2006
- Committee actionJul 19, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2006
- Became lawOct 11, 2006
Latest action: Oct 11, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-322.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5539.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5539, North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006” on August 8, 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, August 8, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18039
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5539, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5539, North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006” on August 8, 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, August 8, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18039
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5539, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de09ad9bbb13035d12375d0f34845590528326e44698b78b477eb7d75a35bc73
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. 109-639 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 7, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/639
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5539, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de09ad9bbb13035d12375d0f34845590528326e44698b78b477eb7d75a35bc73
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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
20 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 20 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), John Dingell (D-MI), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Phil English (R-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Kline (R-MN), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo.
- H.R. 3351 (109th) Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006
- H.R. 584 (109th) Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005
- H.R. 5946 (109th) Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
- H.J.Res. 83 (109th) To memorialize and honor the contribution of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
- H.R. 3824 (109th) Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005
- H.R. 4882 (109th) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Enforcement Act
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.