House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-357
National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010
Became law on Jan 4, 2011.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Kratovil D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2010
- Committee actionJun 16, 2010
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 28, 2010
- Became lawJan 4, 2011
Latest action: Jan 4, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 111-357.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4973.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010” on June 29, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 16, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21586
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de21c66f75e07d0653779a2afd87ec786b238345c361de46956f14fe56cee043
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010” on June 29, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 16, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21586
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de21c66f75e07d0653779a2afd87ec786b238345c361de46956f14fe56cee043
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010” on December 2, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on November 30, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 2, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21950
- CBO publication date
- December 2, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de21c66f75e07d0653779a2afd87ec786b238345c361de46956f14fe56cee043
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010” on December 2, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on November 30, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 2, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21950
- CBO publication date
- December 2, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de21c66f75e07d0653779a2afd87ec786b238345c361de46956f14fe56cee043
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 111-366 ↗; H. Rept. 111-531 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/366
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/531 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de21c66f75e07d0653779a2afd87ec786b238345c361de46956f14fe56cee043
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
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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.