House concurrent resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a celebration of Citizenship Day.
Sponsor: Rep. Diane Watson D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2009
- Committee actionJul 30, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2009 — Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 136.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 136, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for a celebration of Citizenship Day” on August 3, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 30, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20973
- CBO publication date
- August 3, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 136, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d23333caa40da3c409603b14929ac0877c76480c6cfe9564de044634a4536eda
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 136, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for a celebration of Citizenship Day” on August 3, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 30, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20973
- CBO publication date
- August 3, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 136, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d23333caa40da3c409603b14929ac0877c76480c6cfe9564de044634a4536eda
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. 111-247 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 8, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/247
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 136, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d23333caa40da3c409603b14929ac0877c76480c6cfe9564de044634a4536eda
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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
22 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 12 Democrats
10 of 22 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), David Dreier (R-CA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diane Watson.
- H.R. 5450 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the "Tom…
- H.R. 2760 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1615 North Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the…
- H.R. 2131 (111th) To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
- H.Res. 311 (111th) Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Red Cross Month.
- H.Res. 49 (111th) Honoring Karen Bass for becoming the first African-American woman elected Speaker of the California State Assembly.
- H.Res. 1350 (111th) Recognizing June 20, 2010, as World Refugee Day.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.