House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2008
- Committee actionJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2008 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6159.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6159, Deafy Glade Land Exchange Act” on August 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20185
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6159, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6159, Deafy Glade Land Exchange Act” on August 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20185
- CBO publication date
- August 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6159, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0b8f3d864602227a37d2e777b3f40ccc32e2347ec90f844010d91a0702aad33a
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. 110-861 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 18, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/861
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6159, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0b8f3d864602227a37d2e777b3f40ccc32e2347ec90f844010d91a0702aad33a
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6159, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
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.