House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionApr 22, 2009
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2009 · 240–179
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2009 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 31.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act” on April 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20590
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 31, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/31
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2be3f65abc398324a0a5484a5d3e26d1a1c66408107a4df10c38b6423bbf19d0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act” on April 29, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 22, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20590
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 31, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/31
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2be3f65abc398324a0a5484a5d3e26d1a1c66408107a4df10c38b6423bbf19d0
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. 111-103 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 12, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 12, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/103
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 31, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/31
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2be3f65abc398324a0a5484a5d3e26d1a1c66408107a4df10c38b6423bbf19d0
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 31, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
185 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 160 Democrats
25 of 185 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO) and 155 more.
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.