House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2009
- Committee actionMar 5, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2009 · 317–101
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 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. 1262.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1262, Water Quality Investment Act of 2009” on March 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 5, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20504
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1262, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
397bd4a6ae3aba57752a026a3221b12c9ba9ed10f10c057c3398ee6378f804ce
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1262, Water Quality Investment Act of 2009” on March 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 5, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20504
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1262, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
397bd4a6ae3aba57752a026a3221b12c9ba9ed10f10c057c3398ee6378f804ce
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. 111-26 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 9, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/26
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1262, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
397bd4a6ae3aba57752a026a3221b12c9ba9ed10f10c057c3398ee6378f804ce
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1262, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
14 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 12 Democrats
2 of 14 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Bob Filner (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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- 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.