House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2009
- Committee actionOct 28, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2009 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 195.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2888.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2888, Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009” on November 5, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 28, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41406
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2888, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b70001e2f1a18a8ccd9ce29033bbfdb42b0353726074522b838e71149c5bae81
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2888, Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009” on November 5, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 28, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41406
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2888, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b70001e2f1a18a8ccd9ce29033bbfdb42b0353726074522b838e71149c5bae81
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. 111-337 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/337
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2888, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b70001e2f1a18a8ccd9ce29033bbfdb42b0353726074522b838e71149c5bae81
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), David Wu (D-OR).
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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.