House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4786Introduced Mar 9, 2010Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Where it went

IntroducedMar 9, 2010
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseMar 10, 2010 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 26, 2010 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4786.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4786, An act to provide authority to compensate federal employees for the two-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes” on March 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 10, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21386
CBO publication date
March 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4786, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4786
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4786, An act to provide authority to compensate federal employees for the two-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes” on March 22, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 10, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21386
CBO publication date
March 22, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4786, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4786
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4851, which became Public Law 111-157 on 4/15/2010.
Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4786, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4786
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats

1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Mica (R-FL), James Oberstar (D-MN), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-11 district

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