House concurrent resolution · 111th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2009
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 10, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMar 12, 2009 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Mar 13, 2009 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 37.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 37, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on February 17, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20478
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 37, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/37
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8fd4052bb239556a0d268753aa5ed38795d53eb33d9c8dbe5da3055f0bf222a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 37, A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on February 17, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20478
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 37, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/37
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8fd4052bb239556a0d268753aa5ed38795d53eb33d9c8dbe5da3055f0bf222a
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. 111-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 10, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 37, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hconres/37
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8fd4052bb239556a0d268753aa5ed38795d53eb33d9c8dbe5da3055f0bf222a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Con.Res. 37, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
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).
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- H.Con.Res. 247 (111th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
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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.