House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
- Committee actionMay 18, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 13, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 975, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act” on May 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16548
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4669657bd2c42db4b08cf3eec91c8f27ce412f8e691c2607fb52a78fdc1b06
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 975, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act” on May 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16548
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4669657bd2c42db4b08cf3eec91c8f27ce412f8e691c2607fb52a78fdc1b06
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. 109-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/128
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4669657bd2c42db4b08cf3eec91c8f27ce412f8e691c2607fb52a78fdc1b06
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. 975, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Mark Udall (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Tancredo.
- H.R. 4008 (109th) To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers…
- H.R. 4321 (109th) To repeal the amendment made by section 796 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies…
- H.Con.Res. 19 (109th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should observe the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz…
- H.Con.Res. 69 (109th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should resume normal diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan…
- H.R. 3855 (109th) Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006
- H.R. 4754 (109th) Sudanese Diaspora Loan Forgiveness 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.