House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wittman R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2011
- Committee actionJul 20, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 258, Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011” on July 28, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41616
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 258, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 14, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 258, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9546d78d33be9ffda91291460ee9d27f81e8151ca8edba4b8aea543c69336a2e
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H138):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 258, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9546d78d33be9ffda91291460ee9d27f81e8151ca8edba4b8aea543c69336a2e
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), James Moran (D-VA), E. Rigell (R-VA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2304 (112th) Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 1960 (112th) North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2011
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- H.R. 710 (112th) Telework Tax Incentive Act
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.