House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-340
To authorize the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933.
Became law on Oct 13, 2006.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionMar 15, 2006
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 2, 2006
- Became lawOct 13, 2006
Latest action: Oct 13, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-340.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 562.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 562, An act to authorize the government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in the Ukraine in 1932-1933” on March 21, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 15, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17671
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60b1f2195fae01a942e0dcfcb33cbcdbd80f84786c14e537ff69ea59014857c0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 562, An act to authorize the government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in the Ukraine in 1932-1933” on March 21, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 15, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17671
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60b1f2195fae01a942e0dcfcb33cbcdbd80f84786c14e537ff69ea59014857c0
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-244 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 20, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/244
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60b1f2195fae01a942e0dcfcb33cbcdbd80f84786c14e537ff69ea59014857c0
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 562, 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
36 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 28 Democrats
8 of 36 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and 6 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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