House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Committee actionMar 16, 2016
- Passed HouseJul 5, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2016 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1838.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1838, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act” on May 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51606
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1838, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-585 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/585
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1838, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
370cd563eafb3e45ee4b631e7a2d5e5dc1549a6128f7ee562a71bdfbd558fe83
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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. FARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2308):Art. 1, Section 8 U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗
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- Statement length
- 36 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1838, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
370cd563eafb3e45ee4b631e7a2d5e5dc1549a6128f7ee562a71bdfbd558fe83
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.
- H.J.Res. 94 (114th) Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr.
- H.R. 2717 (114th) Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2015
- H.R. 5797 (114th) California Seamounts and Ridges National Marine Conservation Area Designation and Management Act
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.