House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. James Moran D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2009
- Committee actionApr 22, 2009
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1385.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009” on April 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20588
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046e25a223aae1ab0c6b5dcbc1562fe79aac3b046c78087f27b8effbd9d4e2c1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009” on April 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20588
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046e25a223aae1ab0c6b5dcbc1562fe79aac3b046c78087f27b8effbd9d4e2c1
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. 111-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 12, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 12, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/104
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
046e25a223aae1ab0c6b5dcbc1562fe79aac3b046c78087f27b8effbd9d4e2c1
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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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Thomas Perriello (D-VA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Robert Scott (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
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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.