House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
Sponsor: Rep. Nick Rahall D-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Committee actionMar 7, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2007 · 277–137
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2007 — 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. 249.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 249, A bill to restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 7, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18427
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 249, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ef1b107e3541d948fe63dc5ec460faf50ffed304766de23f27ed6610469c353
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 249, A bill to restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros” on March 9, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 7, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18427
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 249, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ef1b107e3541d948fe63dc5ec460faf50ffed304766de23f27ed6610469c353
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. 110-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 17, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 249, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ef1b107e3541d948fe63dc5ec460faf50ffed304766de23f27ed6610469c353
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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
17 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 11 Democrats
6 of 17 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), George Miller (D-CA), Todd Platts (R-PA), John Tierney (D-MA), Edward Whitfield (R-KY), Frank Wolf (R-VA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick Rahall.
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- H.R. 2262 (110th) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007
- H.R. 5541 (110th) FLAME Act
- H.R. 5151 (110th) Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places
- H.R. 5137 (110th) To ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River.
- H.Con.Res. 350 (110th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate…
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.