House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Rush Holt D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2009
- Committee actionDec 16, 2009
- Passed HouseApr 21, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 302.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1694.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1694, An act to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program” on January 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 16, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20983
- CBO publication date
- January 22, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
550308d2fffd99795d11330328c58d14eda7b217e590686ae659f814395ff09c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1694, An act to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program” on January 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 16, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20983
- CBO publication date
- January 22, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
550308d2fffd99795d11330328c58d14eda7b217e590686ae659f814395ff09c
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: S. Rept. 111-152 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 3, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/152
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
550308d2fffd99795d11330328c58d14eda7b217e590686ae659f814395ff09c
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.146, which became Public Law 111-11 on 3/30/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1694, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
550308d2fffd99795d11330328c58d14eda7b217e590686ae659f814395ff09c
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1694, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Dingell (D-MI), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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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.