House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2009 · 266–118
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3029.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3029, A bill to establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in cycle power generation systems” on August 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41227
- CBO publication date
- August 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3029, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc8845158a8348f23601639ced54c1f3aa2cfd52b10e403713212b0ab74fb403
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3029, A bill to establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in cycle power generation systems” on August 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41227
- CBO publication date
- August 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3029, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc8845158a8348f23601639ced54c1f3aa2cfd52b10e403713212b0ab74fb403
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. 111-343 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on December 1, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/343
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3029, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc8845158a8348f23601639ced54c1f3aa2cfd52b10e403713212b0ab74fb403
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.