House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2009
- Committee actionDec 16, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 20, 2010 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 225 - 191 (Roll no. 11).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3538.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3538, Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act” on January 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 16, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41913
- CBO publication date
- January 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3538, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
935e8c3f078db90a085ec0b689fcf043c0d593688fe06a1f2a37a7ba71abc40a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3538, Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act” on January 13, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 16, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41913
- CBO publication date
- January 13, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3538, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
935e8c3f078db90a085ec0b689fcf043c0d593688fe06a1f2a37a7ba71abc40a
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. 111-398 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 19, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 19, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/398
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3538, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
935e8c3f078db90a085ec0b689fcf043c0d593688fe06a1f2a37a7ba71abc40a
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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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) 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.