House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Kirk R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2007
- Committee actionJul 31, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 9, 2007 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2007 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2185.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such act” on January 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19436
- CBO publication date
- January 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2185, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2d06c198bd9879f4a597b5ccc86c586aae7a9edf91b24555d52ade9602ca090
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such act” on January 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19436
- CBO publication date
- January 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2185, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2d06c198bd9879f4a597b5ccc86c586aae7a9edf91b24555d52ade9602ca090
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2185, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
31 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 31 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), James Moran (D-VA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Royce (R-CA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Tom Udall (D-NM), Gerald Weller (R-IL), Robert Wexler (D-FL) and 1 more.
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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.