House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2009
- Committee actionSep 24, 2009
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3618, Clean Hull Act of 2009” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 24, 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/41364
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3618, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5d9e4d5eb5aaabf07bbc6cc69487f1fe4d147f99afd684c6f9bef50ced266e1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3618, Clean Hull Act of 2009” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 24, 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/41364
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3618, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5d9e4d5eb5aaabf07bbc6cc69487f1fe4d147f99afd684c6f9bef50ced266e1
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. 111-331 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 7, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/331
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3618, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5d9e4d5eb5aaabf07bbc6cc69487f1fe4d147f99afd684c6f9bef50ced266e1
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. 3618, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), John Mica (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Oberstar.
- H.R. 1746 (111th) Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010
- H.R. 3619 (111th) Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
- H.R. 2498 (111th) To designate the Federal building located at 844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "William O. Lipinski Federal Building".
- H.R. 3607 (111th) Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act
- H.R. 4853 (111th) Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
- H.R. 5147 (111th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010
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.