House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Kratovil D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Committee actionJun 10, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2009 · 400–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2009 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2188.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009” on June 26, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20896
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9378654c7328870e95713402eb7fa8924a97fdaf9edde55eb4d6db79dd7d8aa8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009” on June 26, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20896
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9378654c7328870e95713402eb7fa8924a97fdaf9edde55eb4d6db79dd7d8aa8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009” on December 15, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on December 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41874
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9378654c7328870e95713402eb7fa8924a97fdaf9edde55eb4d6db79dd7d8aa8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009” on December 15, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on December 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41874
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9378654c7328870e95713402eb7fa8924a97fdaf9edde55eb4d6db79dd7d8aa8
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 111-201 ↗; S. Rept. 111-111 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/201
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/111 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9378654c7328870e95713402eb7fa8924a97fdaf9edde55eb4d6db79dd7d8aa8
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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 — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.