House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2008
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2008 · 321–86
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2008 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 930.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5540.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5540, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19740
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5540, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046d13bc3bae0418b8407b692ee17feda689ca2a28a4369695b26bcc04c5dcfc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5540, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19740
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5540, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046d13bc3bae0418b8407b692ee17feda689ca2a28a4369695b26bcc04c5dcfc
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. 110-667 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/667
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5540, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046d13bc3bae0418b8407b692ee17feda689ca2a28a4369695b26bcc04c5dcfc
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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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Michael Castle (R-DE), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Todd Platts (R-PA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
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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.