House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places
Sponsor: Rep. Nick Rahall D-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2008
- Committee actionApr 22, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 22, 2008 · 368–17
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 823.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5151.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5151, Wild Monogahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 2, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19645
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5151, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a657a1f63540c58a8ad98e792e3e96fb7683b6bf7cc828c44153bc42dde5320
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5151, Wild Monogahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 2, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19645
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5151, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a657a1f63540c58a8ad98e792e3e96fb7683b6bf7cc828c44153bc42dde5320
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5151, Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places” on May 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19739
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5151, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a657a1f63540c58a8ad98e792e3e96fb7683b6bf7cc828c44153bc42dde5320
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5151, Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places” on May 9, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19739
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5151, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a657a1f63540c58a8ad98e792e3e96fb7683b6bf7cc828c44153bc42dde5320
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: S. Rept. 110-391 ↗; H. Rept. 110-598 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/391
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/598 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5151, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a657a1f63540c58a8ad98e792e3e96fb7683b6bf7cc828c44153bc42dde5320
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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.