House concurrent resolution · 111th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
Sponsor: Rep. Steny Hoyer D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2010
- Committee actionApr 29, 2010
- Passed HouseMay 5, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 7, 2010 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: May 7, 2010 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 247, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on April 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reproted by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 29, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21439
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad96384d243fb0405c3b7f93fb7359324417c44b7fdd3a3cafa3d849853e9b27
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 247, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on April 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reproted by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 29, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21439
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad96384d243fb0405c3b7f93fb7359324417c44b7fdd3a3cafa3d849853e9b27
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. 111-471 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 4, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/471
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ad96384d243fb0405c3b7f93fb7359324417c44b7fdd3a3cafa3d849853e9b27
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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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer.
- H.J.Res. 62 (111th) Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
- H.Con.Res. 37 (111th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
- H.R. 2920 (111th) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009
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- H.R. 5220 (111th) Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act
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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.