House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Committee actionSep 10, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 30, 2015 · 407–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 30, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 585.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2288.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2288, a bill to remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes” on October 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50874
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2288, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2288
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2288, an act to remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes” on July 28, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 13, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51837
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2288, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2288
- 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 114-313 ↗; H. Rept. 114-286 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 30, 2016 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/313
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/286 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2288, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2288
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 73, May 13, 2015, Page H2958):The Property Clause of Article IV, Section 3--The Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulation respecting the Territory or other Property belong to the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2015 ↗
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- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2288, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2288
- 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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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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