House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Committee actionSep 30, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 27, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1248.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1248, York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019” on November 5, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56743
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
963908e392d393f1df90608b908e10a6d914c62930576f24aa62e8ab7951c5f8
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-603 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 27, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/603
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
963908e392d393f1df90608b908e10a6d914c62930576f24aa62e8ab7951c5f8
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
963908e392d393f1df90608b908e10a6d914c62930576f24aa62e8ab7951c5f8
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 1716 (116th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019
- H.R. 3596 (116th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- H.R. 5861 (116th) Agriculture Resilience Act
- H.R. 1092 (116th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019
- H.R. 1221 (116th) Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3212 (116th) Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.