House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To establish a social and behavioral sciences research program at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Baird D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2009 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, A bill to establish a social and behavioral sciences research program at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes” on August 2, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as orered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41230
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d500e4f72cae3cf98ca6c88fcf8b42cf328a6f411d6ce1c282240da4d25ce043
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3247, A bill to establish a social and behavioral sciences research program at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes” on August 2, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as orered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41230
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d500e4f72cae3cf98ca6c88fcf8b42cf328a6f411d6ce1c282240da4d25ce043
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3247, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.