House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana.
Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Alexander R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 940.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 940, A bill to provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the state of Louisiana” on August 6, 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 6, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41199
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dff15ebb34e8fa6a32454b7e4c928bd06e736e2ad4d47ec32cfd9b61d37873c1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 940, A bill to provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the state of Louisiana” on August 6, 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 6, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41199
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dff15ebb34e8fa6a32454b7e4c928bd06e736e2ad4d47ec32cfd9b61d37873c1
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. 111-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 10, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dff15ebb34e8fa6a32454b7e4c928bd06e736e2ad4d47ec32cfd9b61d37873c1
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 940, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Charles Boustany (R-LA), Anh Cao (R-LA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Fleming (R-LA), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA).
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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.