House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act

H.R. 767Introduced Jan 31, 2007Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. Ron Kind D-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 31, 2007
Committee actionOct 10, 2007
Passed HouseOct 22, 2007 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 8, 2007 — Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 767.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act” on October 22, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 10, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19247
CBO publication date
October 22, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 767, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/767
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. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act” on October 22, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 10, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19247
CBO publication date
October 22, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 767, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/767
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
620bb7e70c346ded646a9b3ca478c8a60c7621a8870fd2489e46b9df03186ac9
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 22, 2007.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 2007 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/397
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 767, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/767
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
620bb7e70c346ded646a9b3ca478c8a60c7621a8870fd2489e46b9df03186ac9
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 767, 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

20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats

9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Michael Castle (R-DE), John Conyers (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Timothy Walz (D-MN).

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Kind.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-3 district

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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.