House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
FEMA Independence Act of 2009
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2009
- Committee actionNov 5, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2010 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1174.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1174, FEMA Independence Act of 2009” on December 11, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 5, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41863
- CBO publication date
- December 11, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1174, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d25542f7e2b1f7bd253fafd49f6899202fcbe54531c151deb75094985887b0dd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1174, FEMA Independence Act of 2009” on December 11, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 5, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41863
- CBO publication date
- December 11, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1174, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d25542f7e2b1f7bd253fafd49f6899202fcbe54531c151deb75094985887b0dd
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. 111-459 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 13, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/459
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1174, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d25542f7e2b1f7bd253fafd49f6899202fcbe54531c151deb75094985887b0dd
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1174, 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
29 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 22 Democrats
7 of 29 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Anh Cao (R-LA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Betsy Markey (D-CO), Michael McMahon (D-NY), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), John Mica (R-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Ted Poe (R-TX), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Mark Schauer (D-MI), Gene Taylor (D-MS), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Oberstar.
- H.R. 1746 (111th) Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010
- H.R. 3619 (111th) Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
- H.R. 2498 (111th) To designate the Federal building located at 844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "William O. Lipinski Federal Building".
- H.R. 3607 (111th) Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act
- H.R. 4853 (111th) Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
- H.R. 5147 (111th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010
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.