House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Committee actionJun 10, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2009 · 316–107
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 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. 556.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20803
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f70a723f62a5d8c13a0a9239264770af7b7710e0d233ea665e608bf4c693989
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20803
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f70a723f62a5d8c13a0a9239264770af7b7710e0d233ea665e608bf4c693989
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. 111-175 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 23, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/175
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5f70a723f62a5d8c13a0a9239264770af7b7710e0d233ea665e608bf4c693989
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 556, 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
31 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 30 Democrats
1 of 31 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jane Harman (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Henry Waxman (D-CA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4333 (111th) Children's Fruit and Vegetable 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.