House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sponsor: Rep. H. Saxton R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2007
- Committee actionJun 28, 2007
- Passed HouseFeb 14, 2008 · 352–49
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2008 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1834.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1834, A bill to authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” on July 30, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 28, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19023
- CBO publication date
- July 30, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f39a61ddeb87b2793dc8e18e9b0f4798012ba1fa455d702a163a104f24faa7a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1834, A bill to authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” on July 30, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 28, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19023
- CBO publication date
- July 30, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f39a61ddeb87b2793dc8e18e9b0f4798012ba1fa455d702a163a104f24faa7a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1834, National Ocean Exploration Program Act” on October 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 24, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19287
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f39a61ddeb87b2793dc8e18e9b0f4798012ba1fa455d702a163a104f24faa7a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1834, National Ocean Exploration Program Act” on October 31, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 24, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19287
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f39a61ddeb87b2793dc8e18e9b0f4798012ba1fa455d702a163a104f24faa7a
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-311,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 110-311,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/311
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/311 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f39a61ddeb87b2793dc8e18e9b0f4798012ba1fa455d702a163a104f24faa7a
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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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 10 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Sam Farr (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Don Young (R-AK).
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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.