House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects in Connecticut, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
- Committee actionSep 20, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 971.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 971, A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects in Connecticut, and for other purposes” on September 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18166
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 971, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06a74b8e89b12888644b728e67e5dd3acf1d08cbff82e73e7bfcd96a878ac1c5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 971, A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects in Connecticut, and for other purposes” on September 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18166
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 971, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06a74b8e89b12888644b728e67e5dd3acf1d08cbff82e73e7bfcd96a878ac1c5
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. 109-683 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 26, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/683
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 971, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06a74b8e89b12888644b728e67e5dd3acf1d08cbff82e73e7bfcd96a878ac1c5
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 971, 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.
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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.