House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2009
- Committee actionNov 18, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2010 · 244–170
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2010 — 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. 3644.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3644, Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act” on December 4, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41841
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3644, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ec947f933da21fe2d7f94f0d6e79adbf54b4b571f54ce5bc7ec5ccec1a93cb3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3644, Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act” on December 4, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41841
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3644, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ec947f933da21fe2d7f94f0d6e79adbf54b4b571f54ce5bc7ec5ccec1a93cb3
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. 111-392 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 12, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 12, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/392
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3644, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ec947f933da21fe2d7f94f0d6e79adbf54b4b571f54ce5bc7ec5ccec1a93cb3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3644, 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
30 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 28 Democrats
2 of 30 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Candice Miller (R-MI), James Moran (D-VA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps.
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- H.R. 756 (111th) National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009
- H.R. 1246 (111th) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009
- H.R. 5481 (111th) To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
- H.R. 948 (111th) Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2009
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.