House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2013
- Committee actionJul 31, 2013
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2013 · 244–173
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1526.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act” on September 17, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44586
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1526, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act” on September 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending effects of H.R. 1526, as amended by Hastings Amendment #6 (Version 2), as posted to the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 18, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44594
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1526, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
164c16a5929e1e9c69cc4be01babe58640508bd75e4bf64c8070d5b238406031
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-213 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 17, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2013 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/213
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1526, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- 3,718 characters
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- H.R. 1526, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
164c16a5929e1e9c69cc4be01babe58640508bd75e4bf64c8070d5b238406031
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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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Greg Walden (R-OR), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings.
- H.R. 527 (113th) Helium Stewardship Act of 2013
- H.R. 1158 (113th) North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act
- H.R. 4315 (113th) Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act
- H.R. 2231 (113th) Offshore Energy and Jobs Act
- H.R. 1157 (113th) Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act
- H.R. 4899 (113th) Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.