House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-231
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the Village of Caseyville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the Village.
Became law on Aug 16, 2010.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 5, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 10, 2010
- Became lawAug 16, 2010
Latest action: Aug 16, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 511.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 511, A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the village of Caseville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the village” on August 14, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41210
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d5a218cb8b6b06d704f9bdb498920611d87ad083fe643f919e576e111e56383
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 511, A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the village of Caseville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the village” on August 14, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41210
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d5a218cb8b6b06d704f9bdb498920611d87ad083fe643f919e576e111e56383
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 511, An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the village of Caseville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the village” on January 7, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on December 16, 200</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41900
- CBO publication date
- January 7, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d5a218cb8b6b06d704f9bdb498920611d87ad083fe643f919e576e111e56383
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 511, An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the village of Caseville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the village” on January 7, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on December 16, 200”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41900
- CBO publication date
- January 7, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d5a218cb8b6b06d704f9bdb498920611d87ad083fe643f919e576e111e56383
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. 111-253 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/253
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2d5a218cb8b6b06d704f9bdb498920611d87ad083fe643f919e576e111e56383
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.