House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2007
- Committee actionNov 7, 2007
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2008 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1497.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act” on November 30, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 7, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19369
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8db419e321ab69ce38139ffb150284e6b45609ad7e31906e489d1d92f45ec435
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act” on November 30, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 7, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19369
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8db419e321ab69ce38139ffb150284e6b45609ad7e31906e489d1d92f45ec435
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. 110-882 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/882
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1497, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8db419e321ab69ce38139ffb150284e6b45609ad7e31906e489d1d92f45ec435
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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
67 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 57 Democrats
10 of 67 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Howard Berman (D-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Steve Kagen (D-WI) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.