House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Wm. Clay D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2009
- Committee actionSep 10, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 685.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009” on September 23, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41321
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 685, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55e0e036d406b6747a54cf4a8e367e9bd202003d88f0e74d24c9d215eb179dd2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009” on September 23, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41321
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 685, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55e0e036d406b6747a54cf4a8e367e9bd202003d88f0e74d24c9d215eb179dd2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009” on August 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21746
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 685, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55e0e036d406b6747a54cf4a8e367e9bd202003d88f0e74d24c9d215eb179dd2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009” on August 9, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21746
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 685, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55e0e036d406b6747a54cf4a8e367e9bd202003d88f0e74d24c9d215eb179dd2
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. 111-322 ↗; H. Rept. 111-267 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/322
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/267 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 685, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55e0e036d406b6747a54cf4a8e367e9bd202003d88f0e74d24c9d215eb179dd2
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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
33 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 31 Democrats
2 of 33 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), David Scott (D-GA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Zach Wamp (R-TN) and 3 more.
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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.