House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wittman R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2009 · 418–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1053.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1053, Cheseapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2009” on August 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41239
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1053, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1053
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d8f597d091544c4057543fcaaf18f6c87aa095711083bf530858be3d1cf44d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1053, Cheseapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2009” on August 27, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41239
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1053, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1053
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d8f597d091544c4057543fcaaf18f6c87aa095711083bf530858be3d1cf44d
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. 111-272 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 29, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/272
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1053, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1053
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d8f597d091544c4057543fcaaf18f6c87aa095711083bf530858be3d1cf44d
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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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Frank Kratovil (D-MD), Eric Massa (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), Todd Platts (R-PA), John Sarbanes (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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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.