House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 4, 2019
- Committee actionSep 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020 · 395–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4611.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4611, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II” on November 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56772
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-576 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/576
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 159, October 4, 2019, Page H8096):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2019 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4611, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Susan Davis (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.