House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2009 · 338–78
- 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1771.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1771, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009” on August 20, 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 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41226
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1771, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f5393f30d29850ffce4fc1280eaa6269dd995dc53c4530624b146223387421a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1771, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009” on August 20, 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 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41226
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1771, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f5393f30d29850ffce4fc1280eaa6269dd995dc53c4530624b146223387421a
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. 111-271 ↗. 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/271
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1771, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f5393f30d29850ffce4fc1280eaa6269dd995dc53c4530624b146223387421a
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Frank Kratovil (D-MD), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 965 (111th) Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
- H.R. 2054 (111th) No Child Left Inside Act of 2009
- H.R. 4054 (111th) Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009
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.