House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2009
- Committee actionOct 7, 2009
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2009 · by voice vote
- 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. 3598.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3598, Energy and Water Research Integration Act” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 7, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41363
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3598, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3598
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83575aa585a0a277c70475c6bbb217c8267fe26313543bd8c64a8f5be22c7b31
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3598, Energy and Water Research Integration Act” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on October 7, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41363
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3598, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3598
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83575aa585a0a277c70475c6bbb217c8267fe26313543bd8c64a8f5be22c7b31
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. 111-344 ↗. 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/344
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3598, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3598
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83575aa585a0a277c70475c6bbb217c8267fe26313543bd8c64a8f5be22c7b31
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3598, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-PA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), 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.